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#Unheard Stories Part 2
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Sonal Giani
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2019
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India / 8 mins
The film explores the issues that transwomen face in Indian society, through the personal experiences of Sonali, a young hijra person living in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Watch... here
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(Possible) Body /
Cuerpo (Posible)
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Federica Rubio,
Andrea Eichenberger
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2019
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Argentina / 24 mins
The body is what appears, what manifests. The body is what it is, but what is it? CORP (POSSIBLE) explores the corporeality and its different facets.
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(S)he Said That
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Mike Hoolboom
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2019
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Canada / 13 mins
Roaring explosions and images of the solemn, resolute gait of the protesters warm up the atmosphere before a conference begins. The places, displayed and/or heard, overlap and efface every pre-established boundary. By resorting to historical digressions that opens up to a costume drama or even to a futuristic dimension, we return though to the revolution on the march, in which many individuals/“I” look for a “we” from which to restart the society.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/260786067
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(W/HOLE)
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Mahx Capacity
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2019
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USA / 96 mins
A complete sensory exploration on all levels, powerful, moving and raw. This series of beautifully made, tender, smart, super-sexxxxy shorts created by queer/feminist porn collective AORTA films. Seeks to explore the incredible potency of queer hedonism, specifically how authentic performative kink has the power to transform trauma and grief into body-based joy and orgasms.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/353867769
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@Sunny
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Ronnie Zidon
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2019
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Israel / 18mins
On the evening she is awarded the Best Blogger Award, a self-centred online celebrity comes home to discover her partner has changed the locks and doesn’t ever want to see her again. Sunny seeks shelter in the streets of Tel Aviv but soon realizes that however many followers you have, it isn’t going to make you feel any less lonely.
Trailer... here
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¡Gaytino! Made in America
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Dan Guerrero
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2019
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USA / 75 mins
Mariachi to Merman. Sondheim to Cesar Chavez. Decades of Mexican-American/Chicano and LGBTQ history intersect from a personal perspective in story and song. Touching, provocative and hilarious, Guerrero brings his solo play to the screen after nationwide critically acclaimed performances.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/EWyhhS_Sbhc
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1 Contrary 5 Agokwe-Nini
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Carmel Whittle,
Howard Adler
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2019
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Canada
The film is a talk-show style documentary film hosted by the one and only ‘contrary’ Alik Beavers (aka Sharp Dopler), and features 5 Agokwe-Nini guest speakers: Ashley Grenstone, Benny Michaud, Théo Paradis-Ottawa, Kole Peplinski and Carmel Whittle. They discuss gender, sexuality, Indigenous identity, traditional two-spirit roles, terminology, accessing ceremonial spaces, and safe spaces in mainstream society.
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16
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Kristal Chan
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2019
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USA / 1 min
After a bad breakup, a young woman transports herself to a dreamy age before broken hearts, when first love was forever.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/322372275
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16mm Selfie
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Karan Suri Talwar
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2019
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India / 3 mins
All the world’s a selfie and everyone’s a troll. 16mm selfie was made using 16mm film footage from the 1950’s found in forgotten corners of storages in Mumbai’s Thieves Market (Chor Bazaar).
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35 [Temporary Number]
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Alessio Di Cosimo,
Juan Diego Puerta Lopez
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2019
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Italy / 10 mins
Dos personajes, dos mundos opuestos. Diego es un hombre de 40 años, técnico dental, quien vive con su anciana madre luego de separarse con su esposa. Amanda es una trans sudamericana, que vive sola en su piso en los suburbios de Roma al que lleva los clientes que consigue cada noche. Ambos mundos aparentemente diferentes se encontrarán en un momento de pasión y transgresión que culminará con una explosión de violencia y odio.
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5x Dehors
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Daphné Charpin Lebre
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2019
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France / 20 minutes
Cinq personnes témoignent de l’acceptation au fil du temps de leur identité homosexuelle, 5 récits reliés par le chant et un peu de poésie.
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700 Days
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Jessie Ray Short
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2019
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2:32 mins
How long before the dream of health returns? Will it ever come back?
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A Comprehensive View of Sogi Hate Crimes
/ Osgi Gorroto Delituei Begirada Orokorra
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Cristina Rueda Balsera
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2019
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Spain, Guatemala, Nicaragua / 84 mins
This documentary aims to collate and share the main findings of the research study entitled “Strategies for tackling hate crimes due to sexual orientation and gender identity – an overview” and so explore the reality experienced by LGBTI people in different contexts. This work tries to provide a comprehensive view of SOGI hate crimes, emphasising survival actions, confrontation mechanisms and transformation strategies forged from the personal and collective experience of participants.
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A Culture of Silence: Being LGBTQ in Catholic Schools
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E.E. Charlton-Trujillo
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2019
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USA
A feature documentary on being LGBTQ in Catholic schools, and the Archdiocese of Cincinnati's employment contract for educators. From GLSEN Greater Cincinnati.
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A Drive to Top Surgery
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Raven Two Feathers
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2019
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USA / 11 mins
We ride as a fly on the rearview mirror with a young trans person and their family, as they make the drive from their home to surgery. This imminently life changing moment is surrounded by the anxieties and love of a family recognizing a young person coming into adulthood, on their terms.
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A Gift /
Vadhai
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Rohan Kanawade
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2019
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India / 22 mins
Khwaja sira (indiginous transgender of South Asia) performances of vadhai, the repertoire of devotional prayers, songs, dances, and comic repartee, to celebrate weddings and births, have long been recognized as vital to these communities’ identities. We follow Guru Amber’s toli (group) as they bring music and movement to their neighborhood streets in Lahore, and take an intimate look at the kinship, beliefs, pleasure, and economies that drive these performances.
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A Home Called Vogue
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Yazeed Kamaldien
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2019 |
South Africa / 29 mins
House Mother Kirvan Fortuin fostered Cape Town’s now flourishing ballroom scene. Meet the community championing his legacy, through tragedy and triumph.
Trailer… here
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A letter to myself or the gender clinic or white people
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Jon Ely Xiuming
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2019
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Sweden / 4 mins
A poetic letter from a nonbinary trans person of color as a reply when getting the first letter from the gender clinic
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A Love Letter to Navkiran
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Navkiran Kaur
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2019
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USA / 4 mins
A queer Sikh Punjabi woman sows healing for her younger self.
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A Poem to Everyone in My Life Who Misgenders Me (And Thinks It’s No Big Deal)
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Devin Gaine
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2019
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USA / 2 mins
A white able-bodied nonbinary person performs an even toned monologue directed to an absent audience, in front of a static background of a vine cement wall.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/335535979
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A Queen of Dragons
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Kristina Budelis,
Leandro Badalotti
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2019
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USA / 10 mins
It’s Drag Queen Story Hour. These kids love it—and so do their parents.
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A Room of Oblivion
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Dorothy Cheung
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2019
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Netherlands, Hong Kong / 6 mins
A Room of Oblivion is an experimental film reflecting on the notion of queer memories, and the failure of it, through re-found footage taken in a journey with an ex-partner.
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A Spirit in Flight
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David Gaynes
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2019
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USA / 13 mins
A SPIRIT IN FLIGHT tells the inspiring story of Eric Jurado-Diaz, a 56-year old East Hartford man grappling with how to live fully after a diagnosis of ALS (often known as Lou Gehrig's Disease). The film provides an intimate view into Eric's journey and reflections on growing up gay in Puerto Rico, coming out in the army, becoming a small-town drag superstar and maturing into domestic life with a husband and three adopted sons. The devastating diagnosis of ALS and its impending loss of physical mobility will be the greatest challenge of his life. Eric navigates the denial of close friends, the blossoming of new relationships, the growing acceptance of his family and his own journey of loss and acceptance. His resilience, hope and sense of humor show us it is possible to find joy and engage with happiness even in the darkest moments of our lives.
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A Table for One
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Carlos Lobo
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2019
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Portugal / 14 mins
A solitary man enters a bar in the middle of nowhere. He is running away from his own demons but temptation is lurking just around the corner.
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A Wider Screen
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Joe Hunting
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2019
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UK / 13 mins
An intimate window into how virtual reality (VR) app VRChat is affecting people's social lives for the better. This whimsical documentary tells the story of a couple that fall in love inside tangible VR, as well as two friends meeting up in real life for the first time.
Trailer... here
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A Wild Dedication /
Una Dedicatoria a lo Bestia
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nucbeade
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2019
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Spain / 11 mins
As if engaging in an archaeological task, A Wild Dedication presents different objects found in the Woman Welfare Agency’s headquarters in San Fernando de Henares, which was operational from 1944 to 1985. Can a space built for female sexual repression give out traces of rebellion forms? Which affective memory do these “souvenirs” trigger and how can they be integrated in the historic account on the Franco regime, the Spanish Transition and the first years of democracy?
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/350603189
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Above the Bar
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Kerri Flannigan
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2019
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Canada / 3 mins
queer coming of age story takes place in a motel above a bar.
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Across, Beyond, and Over
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Brit Fryer
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2019
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USA / 12 mins
Across, Beyond, and Over is a hybrid documentary about two estranged trans men who used to date in middle school reconnecting over a long weekend to develop a film about their past. Through the pre-production process and writing exercises, they are forced to reconcile the differences in how they want to portray themselves, their relationship, and their trans identities.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/309219554
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Actions from Queersvall, Sundvall
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Eila Wall Boholm
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2019
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Sweden / 6 mins
This is the story of how a small sleepy town in the north of Sweden was one day awakened by a bunch of queer activists. The city woke up and became a mecca for queers. Those who lived in the city had never imagined that there were so many of them.
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Activate NDN Consciousness
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Natalie King
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2019
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Turtle Island / 6 mins
Activate NDN Consciousness combines found footage of harmful Indigenous portrayals with contemporary NDN protest and revolt.
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Adoración, Adoración, Adoración
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Tarcisio Boquady
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2019
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Brazil / 8:32 mins
After the elections of 2018 in Brazil, LGBT people are being threatened. A young man is afraid to walk on the streets because he is gay. He has been chased by homophobic guys and he is looking for prootection and a place to feel safe. The only way to pass through it is making magic. This film is a manifesto about love, creative power and freedom to be and exist. Respect human lives.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/316643974
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Aldana y León
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María Victoria Andino
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2019
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Argentina / 20 mins
While selling clothes in a street market, Aldana loses her son León, who was playing on the swings in front of her. When she goes to the police station with a friend to file a complaint, the police ignore her story and she decides to go her own way to get her son back. This decision will make her face her past and the reason she run away from home, taking the child with her.
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Alessa
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Paola García
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2019
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México / 27 mins
Alessa Flores, a transgender woman and activist for the rights of trans women, was assassinated on October 13, 2016. This crime has been added to the wave of femicides and transfeminicides that have occurred throughout the country and are now focused on Mexico City.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/337550841
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All Naked /
Tous nus
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Marianne Khayat
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2019
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Canada / 2 mins
A journey through our world, freed from all discrimination, categorization and prejudices. Humanity at its full potential, glorious and embraced as it should.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/331803304
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All the Signs
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Susan Carine, Katie Doyle, Ashley DeSalvo, Samantha Felix, Korbin Kepner, Samantha Roppola
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2019
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USA / 7 mins
A mocu-drama about two friends solving the theory of love. Is this a possible girlfriend or just another female friend? Maybe it’s not as difficult to figure out the answer as they thought.
Watch… https://youtu.be/mtdSiVSLCjk
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All This Time
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Monica Mai
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2019
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USA / 7 mins
An elderly woman attempts to confess her feelings to her friend in the hospital.
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Allonzo's Nights /
Les Nuits d'Allonzo
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Antoine Granier
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2019
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France / 46 mins
Two boys meet along a road. A strange desire pushes them to cross the volcanic landscapes of Auvergne together. To explore the mysteries that inhabit those mountains, they tell old stories about condemned sorcerers, about hidden spells and forgotten Sabbats. Haunted by those stories, they become little by little the protagonists they are describing from the past, until those adventures reflect on the present of their encounter.
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Among the Cranes
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Astrid Liu
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2019
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3 mins
Soaring past loneliness, a young queer Asian woman lets go of isolation.
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An Abstract
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Manoj Thorat
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2019
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India / 20 mins
An Abstract is a story of Shreyansh Sharma from Pune. Shreyansh identifies himself as an androgynous and gender fluid. The movie talks about his journey from being gay to androgynous and how comfortable and confident he is being himself.
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Anami Lee
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Diego Iván Andrade Anguiano
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2019
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Mexico / 13 mins
Anami Lee is a transgender man who is in a difficult process of change, facing a panorama of rejection and inequality. "Lee" tells us how at different times in his life he has come across the task of defining his own identity, leaving aside his fears of what they will say, the opinion of his parents and other loved ones. His testimony is the story of many transgender people who find themselves in the same situation, trying to define and accept themselves.
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Androfilia
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Ángel Cabrera
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2019
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Mexico / 15 mins
Five men help me understand this confusing and blurred concept that masculinity can be.
Watch... here
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Apologies for Breaking In
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Simon(e) van Saarloos
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2019
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Netherlands / 3 mins
Looping Caster Semenya’s 800 meter lap: ‘You want to talk about a fair and equal competition? I thought you were going to talk about minimum wage.’
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Archetype
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Four Chambers
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2019
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USA / 12 mins
A glitched, retro VHS leather dream.
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As You Wish
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Ayelet Lerman
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2019
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Israel / 10mins
Noga is an intensely spirited teenager. She meets her counsellor, Uri who is trans; a fact which she uses as an excuse to run away. Uri, however, is not about to give up on her that easily. What is she running away from?
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At Seventeen
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Finley King
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2019
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USA / 5:15 mins
A catholic school student tests the limits of his desires.
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Autorretrato para que te enamores; pero no
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Alba Gastón
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2019
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Spain / 3 mins
Watch... here
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Ava on the Bench
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Carlos Deth of Mondo Fetiche
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2019
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USA / 22 mins
Leather Daddy Ashley Paige puts Ava D’Amore on the bench!
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Baby Steps
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Kira Findling
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2019
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USA / 8 mins
Through texts, webcam videos, and secret moments, a young woman comes of age online. As she grows, she grapples with gender identity and sexuality, finding new language for herself.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/370785857
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Balance
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Timothée Crabbé
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2019
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Belgium / 7 mins
Partenaires sur scène et dans la vie, deux acrobates se retrouvent dans un équilibre parfait : soulever et voler, diriger et suivre… mais cet équilibre est fragile
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Barbès
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Randa Maroufi
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2019
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France / 6 mins
Women «intruders» occupy – the time of a mise en scène – the public space. They take on the same gestures, the same postures, as those of the men in such places: they play cards or watch a football match, without minding the passage of time. They occupy the terraces, expose themselves in the strangeness of a public space of exclusion – that of gender.
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Bareback
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Nor Sanchez
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2019
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USA / 8 mins
A cowboy’s queer porno fever dream.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/378157247
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Be Reborn /
Renacer
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Agustín Domíngue
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2019
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Spain / 5 mins
A powerful monologue about women unlocking themselves, reaffirming that the closets are meant for clothes, not for them. Young or old, queer or non-queer they must reclaim their respect and pride.
Watch… https://youtu.be/IlbBOZkkw4Y
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Be What You Want - Queer Feminist Artist
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James Rosalind
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2019
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Germany / 13 mins
Berlin, is an open-minded, creative city, home to many queers and artists, chances for networking and collaboration. However, the german creative industries and society are still very much cis-male favoured. Two videographers talk about their experiences of art, work precarity, hope, feminism and community.
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Be You
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Veronica Leon
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2019
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USA / 4 mins
With joy and creativity, Alok expands the boundaries of gender.
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Bear in a fur coat
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Albert Koomen
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2019
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Australia / 9 mins
Beards and body hair or fur is a big part of belonging to the gay bear community. It’s often seen as integral to identity and attraction. Bear in a Fur Coat profiles three super-hairy bears and explores what it means to them both in their pasts and in their futures.
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Beat Goes On
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Shanti Avirgan
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2019
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USA / 9 mins
Beat Goes On is an all-archival, impressionistic portrait of the harm reduction and housing activist Keith Cylar (1958–2004), co-founder of Housing Works and a central figure in the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power (ACT UP) NY. A fellow activist recalls that “Keith moved from mixing with the government, to threatening the government, to beating the government—all in the space of five minutes.”
By resurfacing and weaving together archival media of Cylar’s own words and actions, this short video distills some of the personal charisma, political savvy and fearlessness that characterized Cylar’s advocacy.
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Beautiful Alchemy
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Teagan Lance
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2019
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Canada / 16 mins
A “film made by queer and trans people for queer and trans people,” Beautiful Alchemy is a portrait of Renée Yoxon, a queer, non-binary, and disabled singer songwriter. Through music, performances and “day in the life” moments, a shining portrait of an artist emerges.
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Because We Were
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Lucas Wilson
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2019
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Canada / 8 mins
Two men explore the ins and outs of their relationship and come to learn that life has no guarantees.
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Bedroom Bossa Nova
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Luke Naylor-Perrott
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2019
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UK / 5 mins
Wild imaginations are set to lyrical and sensual music.
Watch... here
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Behind the Glass
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Maria Favola
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2019
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Italy / 16 mins
Behind the glass is an experimental documentary based on recordings of people who tell us about the discovery of their identity and how they came out to their families and friends. The mannequins that you will see on screen are there for two reasons: to guarantnglish, sub. Italian ee the anonymity of the people that participated and to let the viewer concentrate on their stories and not their appearance.
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Behind the Wall
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Werner Schnater
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2019
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France / 19 secs
Watch… https://vimeo.com/309007352
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Being the Storm /
Siendo la tormenta
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Laura Nuwuanda
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2019
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7 mins
An Afro Colombiana spirals through a storm of self-destruction and the end of an idyllic relationship.
Trailer... here
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Belonging
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Ndelela Kambaja,
Katrin Herche
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2019
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6 mins
BELONGING is an abstract visualization of a poem by Aaiun Nin, tackling issues of finding one’s self and the connection to one’s roots through the use of the symbolism of orange roses. It tells a story about children of the diaspora as they try to find a place of belonging and feeling home in the western world while holding on to the values taught to them by their ancestors.
The film can be understood in many ways and the sound is vital as it helps to navigate through the feelings that arise while watching.
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Big Flirt
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Ina Albrecht
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2019
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Ireland / 33 secs
An animated short about flirting with your crush.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/460940012
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Bitters
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Charles Sutter
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2019
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USA / 14 mins
A chef invites a popular health and food blogger to preview her new menu. But with each new course, the blogger grows more and more concerned that the meal isn’t as it seems.
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BlinDate
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Itzik Amar
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2019
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Israel / 5 mins
A couple emerges from a bar after a successful date. When the man tries to take more than what the girl is offering, the tables are turned, and he is given a lesson on power dynamics.
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Blocked
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Kevin Yee
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2019
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USA / 3 mins
Fearful of putting out mediocre content, comedian Kevin Yee battles major writer’s block when attempting to make his sophomore follow up film.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/60T7An1IrEo
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Blood is the Mother of Qi
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Adam Austin
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2019
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5 mins
An amalgamated family culture slides into small rituals performed in a kitchen.
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Bloom
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Almog Ganot
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2019
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Israel / 11mins
A young student returns to his Kibbutz apartment one afternoon only to realize he can’t find his keys. His predicament forces him to hit a momentary pause on life’s rat race and in a fleeting, lyrical moment, he is able to connect with his innermost feelings and pluck up the courage to do something he’d been keen on for a long while.
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Blossomed
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Synthia Hogan
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2019
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USA / 3:25 mins
This experimental film blends a lush landscape with freestyle dance to narrate the quintessential stage of blossoming.
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Blow Job
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Jeffrey Braverman
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2019
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USA / 1 min
A business lunch takes an unexpected turn of events.
Trailer… here
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Blue Lips /
Lèvres Bleues
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Philippe Hamelin
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2019
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Canada / 7 mins
Using synthetic images, the gorgeous animation, Lèvres bleues (Blue Lips) reconstructs the memory of a loving moment.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/457011698
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Bodies Without Bodies in Space / Ciała Bez Ciał W Kosmosie
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Rafal Morusiewicz
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2019
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Austria, Poland / 42 mins
A temporarily scattered trip into the childhood and teenage past of filmmaker Rafal Morusiewicz. Growing- up, his queer anxieties and affects were largely informed by the plots of the moving images he would watch on the two, color and black-and-white, CRT TV screens at his family home.
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Body Language
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Adam van Dusen
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2019
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USA / 4 mins
Body Language documents the relationship between discovering queer identity and the body for three individuals.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/303624867
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Brazil’s Forbidden Shirt /
A Camisa Proibida
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Diego Mello,
Igor França,
João Pedro Castro,
Rafael de Moura Machado
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2019
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Brazil / 11 mins
Brazil is known as the football country, due to its passion for the game and its international success. But on a closer look one realizes how it is also filled with homophobia, excluding LGBTQ+ people from the game, from the stands, and in a curious way even excluding a number from the jerseys. Things are finally looking up – hats off to the LGBTQ+ footballers for holding their ground.
Trailer... here
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Breakup in 9 Scenes
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Leil Zahra Mortada
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2019
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Lebanon / 15 mins
On the morning you disappeared, the morning you sent that message and deactivated your account, I wrote „Breakup in 9 scenes“. An audiovisual exploration of disappointment: How does one live disappointment? What is the physical action associated with disappointment? Anger is much easier. Sadness is much easier. Hatred is the easiest. But I don’t hate you. You are too innocent to hate.
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Brunch on Bikes
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Ethan Folk,
Ty Wardwel
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2019
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Germany / 2:30 mins
Freshly-fucked foodies dial up a special delivery.
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BSXL
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Chanel Shuffler
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2019
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USA / 1 min
A latinx bisexual female resisting collapse endures passive everyday microaggressions that compromise her emotional environment.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/321918668
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Build Yourself a Birthday Party
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Jason P. Schumacher
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2019
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USA / 5 mins
Cleo is anxiously trying to plan her own birthday party.
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Burn the House Down
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Giselle Bailey,
Nneka Onuorah
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2019
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France / 44 mins
When one of us wins, we all win—and BURN THE HOUSE DOWN sets out to prove that. Giselle Bailey and Nneka Onuorah’s immersive documentary follows Kiddy Smile and several Parisian dancers as they prepare to perform in his next concert (which also features FABULOUS’ Lasseindra Ninja). After DJing for Emmanuel Macron in a T-shirt that read “Fils d’immigrés, noir et pédé” (which translates to “son of an immigrant, Black and gay), Smile was the subject of extraordinary praise and backlash. But he and his friends won’t let that faze them. As they discuss contemporary racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, and the art that binds them, these rising stars make it clear that they won’t stop until everyone knows Paris is still burning.
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Canada Park /
منتزه كندا
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Razan AlSalah
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2019
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Canada, Palestinian Territory / 8 mins
I walk on snow to fall unto the desert. I find myself on unceded indigenous territory in so called Canada, an exile unable to return to Palestine. I trespass the colonial border as a digital spectre floating through Ayalon-Canada Park, transplanted over three Palestinian villages razed by the Israeli Defense Forces in 1967.
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Caravagyo
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Ana Manana, Joana Lourenço
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2019
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Portugal / 10 mins
Caravagyo is a duo of Portuguese-Brazilian DJs, Beatriz Valleriani and Kamila Ferreira. They debuted at the iconic Fine Arts Faculty parties, introducing Brazilian funk to Lisbon. By creating an alternative and safe space with a strong feminist and queer message, they combine global and local sounds to connect a community who identifies and expresses itself through this music genre.
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Carmín Sangre
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R.B. Lima
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2019
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Brazil / 20 mins
La vida diaria de cuatro mujeres luchando por sobrevivir y encontrar aceptación en un entorno cada vez más hostil y una sociedad prejuiciosa.
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Carving Space
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Annie Dean-Ganek
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2019
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USA / 16 mins
Follows the grassroots skateboarding organization, Unity and affiliated queer skate activists, including 2019 U.S.A. Olympic Skateboarding team member, Lacey Baker, as they provide spaces and voices to the often-overlooked queer community.
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Casarnos
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Bruno Montenegro
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2019
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Peru / 5 mins
Bruno es un chico transgénero que no cree en el matrimonio, pero hace unos meses se enteró que sus amigas de Iquitos Almendra y Luko se casaron en Argentina y volvieron a Perú, así que decidió viajar a Iquitos para resolver sus dudas.
Watch... here
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 Chakalmex
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Joelle González Lager
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2019
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México / 17 mins
The Chacal are young proletarian indigenous men, seen as masculine, virile, and sexually charged, who have become the objects of desire in the gay community of Mexico City, raising uncomfortable issues around the role of race and class in voyeurism.
Entrevistas desparpajadas alrededor de la identidad impuesta a un grupo social y sexual del país
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Change Chou's Dream
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Kuo Yu Chen
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2019
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Taiwan / 6 mins
The beginning quotes the story of Change Chou's dream butterfly. Our fantasy of love is whether we only come from the model that we want the other person to be the projection of our own inner desire.
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Cheesy Films /
Kitschige Filme
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Eline Gehring
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2019
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Germany / 8 mins
Rosa meets Nico. Both girls are falling in love with each other. But today, commitment is hard to find.
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Chinx
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James Quedado
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2019
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USA / 5 mins
Chinx is a journey into the strange, challenging, and often discriminatory world of online hookup culture. Our guide is Del, a 40-something Filipino, stepping out into an unfamiliar dating landscape after years of singlehood and “self-discovery” to find gay hookup apps a place readily designed to exclude people like himself.
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Chloé Viau - Militante transgenre
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Simone Beaudry-Pilotte
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2019
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Canada / 18 mins
Chloé Viau came out as a trangender woman at the age of 65. She has since been involved in various organizations in order to demystify transidentity and combat transphobia and homophobia. She shares her touching story in this film.
Watch... here
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Chrishna Ombwiri
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Claire Doyon
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2019
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France / 12 mins
Where the vegetal, aquatic and human world converge, and the spirits watch over, the boundary between reality and myth becomes blurred, like the one between genders. Filmed on the banks of the Ogooué river in Gabon, Chrishna/Ombwiri through the testimony of a young man who started a gender change process takes us in a liquid universe populated by legendary and ancestral creatures, androgynous figures in metamorphosis, extraordinary amphibians, such as the Homeric sirens, famous for their beauty and their singing, or the Krishna deity, an entity of female appearance but male.
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Colombia
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Manuela Andrade
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2019
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Brazil / 16 mins
Carmen is a Colombian actress who moves to Recife and becomes fascinated by the city's artistic atmosphere. Julia is an unemployed journalist who's about to leave Brazil, let down by the country's political landscape. Their meeting turns their worlds upside down.
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Commander
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Aitan Ebrahimoff
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2019
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UK / 5 mins
Set in a timespace where historical past meets speculative future, Colonel Pike encounters hybrid beings (animal-human) in a shingle interzone. Paralysed by naivety Pike is alienated and becomes the subject of perverse ritual.
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Communion
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Luca Asta
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2019
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UK / 10 mins
Holding a baby, holding someone, holding something, holding faith; these are spaces of comfort felt within embodied gestures of communion. A peaceful film to reflect on the wonders of the body.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/348434650
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Como Si Fueras Verdad
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Jesús Pedraza Madrid
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2019
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México / 25 mins
Ángel y Ethan están a punto de tener una cita para arreglar las cosas entre ellos y resolver asuntos pendientes del pasado. Sin embargo descubrirán que a veces las cosas no son lo que parecen, y que cuando alguien realmente quiere formar parte de tu vida, hará hasta lo imposible por permanecer en ella.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/336396784
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Compass Needle /
Vadakkunokki Yanthram
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Prithvi Konanur
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2019
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India / 13 min
A video portrait that tries to retrace the coming out of a gay Muslim man in Southern India, whose conservative family has largely accepted him.
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Condom On
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Andraž Čok
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2019
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Slovenia / 35 mins
HIV prevention and personal story of an HIV-positive person.
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Consonance
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Dani Chaparro
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2019
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USA
A queer-directed, acted, and produced experimental film that meditates on a quote by James Baldwin, “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read… It was books that taught me the things that tormented me the most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive. Only if we face the open wounds in ourselves can we understand them in other people.”
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Conversation behind the scenes
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Giulia Zumpano
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2019
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Italy / 40 mins
Il documentario segue la storia di Dario Pasquarella, regista e attore non udente, e della sua compagnia. Attraverso il suo lavoro, Dario cerca di riunire la comunità dei sordi e degli udenti, che di solito sono separati da una mancanza di comunicazione. Nei suoi spettacoli usa entrambe le lingue, la LIS, la lingua dei segni e la lingua parlata, per narrare storie in cui i sordi e gli udenti possono vivere in simbiosi.
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Corps en construction
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Elora Bertrand
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2019
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France / 4 mins
Bodies under construction is a filmed manifesto made by Elora Bertrand, a non binary cinema student about our trans bodies, their beauty, their glory and their ability to evolve with us along the way.
Watch… https://youtu.be/fIwJJUHfFBQ
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Cozmo
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Ilhan Soydemir
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2019
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Germany / 3 mins
Cozmo feels uncomfortable being in public with his boyfriend. After realizing he is not the only one affected by the situation he decides to overcome his fears.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/319580779
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Creation
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Bia Vilela,
Luiza de Andrade
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2019
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Portugal / 4 mins
Watch… https://vimeo.com/319971158
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Cruise Night
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Isaac Wurmann
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2019
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Canada / 8 mins
While car enthusiasts line the sidewalks on Sunday night to watch jacked up rides cruise down Portage Avenue, a different kind of cruising takes place in the parks, parking lots, and side streets. Cruise Night is an experimental short film and sound art project that’s part of an ongoing exploration of public sex, queer geographies, and car culture in Winnipeg.
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Daddy in the Refrigerator
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Jung In-Hyuk
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2019
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South Korea / 21 mins
Yeon lives alone with her curse that’s been on her ever since she was little. One day Dae, met at a lesbian club, suddenly comes to Yeon’s house. Yeon likes the bulldozer-like way Dae acts, even though she is concerned at the same time that the curse might hurt Dae. The concern becomes a reality, and Dae is harmed. Yeon finally decides to get rid of the curse that has been harassing her for a long time.
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Damned are the Lost
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George Carrillo
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2019
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USA / 12:19 mins
After suffering the abuse of a close family member, a young man is forced to question his own sexuality and must decide what it truly means to be a man.
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Dana, Tzompantli y Carnaval
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Fernando Colín Roque
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2019
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France, Mexico / 19 mins
The methodical polarisation between life and death raises the question of the metaphysical meaning of life. The drama involves a Mexican transvestite who goes to northern France to soothe the pain of his/her mother’s death and also to discover whether the carnival, like death, makes us all equals.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/341777465
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Dancing Bodies /
Les corps dansants
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Elisa Monteil,
La Fille Renne,
Laure Giappiconi
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2019
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France / 6 mins
Dancing Bodies is a joyful and sexual ode to sisterhood.
Trailer… here
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Danielle
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Joaquín Flores
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2019
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Peru / 3 mins
Danielle, quien es discriminada por su madre, le confiesa que está tomando testosterona. Luego de escuchar la reacción de su madre, ella decide refugiarse en las memorias compartidas con su pareja, quien sí acepta su género y su sexualidad.
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Dany Turcotte, l’urgence de vivre
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Geneviève Tremblay
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2019
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Canada / 45 mins
Long before he was the “fou du roi” of the massively popular Radio-Canada show Tout le monde en parle, doling humorous reactions to up-to-the-minute discussions, Dany Turcotte was a hard-working CEGEP student honing his improvisational skills with other talented comedians. It is with a handful of these fellow students – notably, Dominique Lévesque, Marie-Lise Pilote, and Émile Gaudreault – that Turcotte would go on to form “le Groupe sanguin” in 1984, creating such indelible, adored characters as the mystical and extremely “relaxed” hippie of indeterminate sex, Dany Verveine.
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Dear Friend
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Agnė Jokšė
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2019
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Lithuania / 25 mins
Performed by the artist and based on a letter-form text written in contemplation of friendship as platonic love between queer women, the work openly and sensitively speaks about various forms of love, affection and care in the contemporary world.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/534540137
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Deep Dive
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Boris Gavrilović
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2019
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Germany / 18 mins
Shared apartment, separate lives: Nadine and Josef have been together for several years, but they still haven’t understood what it means to live together. When Josef confesses to Nadine that he is also interested in men, the relationship begins to take a turn. A portrait of a quiet relationship crisis.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/VDyti2cbd7s
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DENNIS: The Man Who Legalized Cannabis
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Brandon Moore
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2019
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USA / 19 mins
The story of veteran, LGBTQ+ and cannabis activist, Dennis Peron, who fought to get cannabis to HIV/AIDS patients in 1990s San Francisco.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/418560336
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Desnudos
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George X
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2019
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México / 49 mins
7 mexicanos sin ropa y sin restricciones, comparten sus pulsiones desde lo más prohibido hasta lo más excitante. Su salida del closet, fisting, erecciones, celibato, brujería y más.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/3DDQ1eKxVpQ
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Despues de Clases
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Gabriel Elettore
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2019
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Argentina / 6 mins
Elena runs intensively and escapes. While fighting against her asthma, Patricia tries to reach her and she witnesses a situation that can no longer be hidden.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/314358432
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Diane Torr: Becoming King
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Heni Cloake
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2019
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UK / 7 mins
A moving portrait celebrating the life of working class Drag King rebel Diane Torr, using archive footage and her own words.
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Die grosse Um_ordnung
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Sabian Baumann
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2019
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Switzerland / 30 mins
Der Film "die grosse um_ordnung" dokumentiert die Aufführung des gleichnamigen transdisziplinären, kunstaktivistischen Projekts, das sich für die Umverteilung von Privilegien stark macht. Die Performance fand im Mai 2018 auf dem Helvetiaplatz in Zürich statt.
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Dinner /
Mahlzeit
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Simon Maria Kubiena
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2019
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Austria / 3 mins
The first-born using make-up and dressing up as a woman triggers a dispute situation with the father at a family dinner.
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disquiet
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Sam Ku
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2019
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5 mins
A queer, nonbinary Asian bounds toward self-definition.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/307646602
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Dissidence
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C. Carmona
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2019
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Puerto Rico / 17 mins
Since the Cups closed several years ago, few nightspots on the island focus specifically on serving women in the LGBTTQIA + community. The people interviewed in this documentary yearn for safe nighttime spaces to dance, enjoy, and socialize with other queer women. In the absence of these establishments, the Nok Nights proposal has emerged, a party organized by queer people that seeks to provide a safe night environment specifically for women from the LGBTTQIA + community. However, it is a sporadic event, as it does not have a place or fixed dates. So where do queer women go the rest of the nights?
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Do Peito Da Pele
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Rudolfo Auffinger,
Keythe Tavares
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2019
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9 mins
D’après le poème de Francisco Mallmann “What We Will Do With It” (2018), une sorte d'invocation à Dieu, par deux “bichas” (pédés) issu.e.s d'un milieu évangélique. Un film expérimental au croisement du pop art et du détournement queer décolonial, dans l'encadrement d’une croix chrétienne.
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Doll Parts
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Four Chambers
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2019
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USA / 12 mins
Bimbo aesthetics flow into a psychedelic femdom-acid fever dream.
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Dolphin
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Em Baker
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2019
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Australia / 10 mins
How do you tell someone you like them when the default assumption is that you're straight? What do you do with your crushes on women when the world says you're not queer enough for them to matter? And why are we looking for dolphins at St Kilda beach?
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Double /
Dublê
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Fernanda Reis
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2019
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Brazil / 11 mins
A recently separated couple decides to hire "doubles" through an app in order to settle the terms of their divorce.
Watch… https://youtu.be/3zssr1h0GSY
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DragNostra
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PV Vidotti
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2019
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Brazil / 13 mins
A bank robbery done by mafia drag queens.
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Dream Boy
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Kevin Anthony
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2019
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USA / 28 mins
Max goes out with the boyfriend of her dreams -Jason- in secret: he is everything he wants and everything he doesn't need.
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El Chico del Frente
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Marilina Giménez
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2019
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Argentina
Marilina 43 años, directora de cine, lesbiana, investiga sobre chicos trans y no bianrios para realizar su próximo documental. Para eso recorre parques, discotecas y marchas donde busca personajes jóvenes y libres. Al conocerlos se cuestiona su propia elección de género y sexualidad, obligándose a bucear en su memoria para encontrar lo que está oculto.
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Emilia
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Diego Lomelín
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2019
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México / 14 mins
Emilia llega al cumpleaños de Ana, una amiga a la que no ha visto en 20 años. Emilia convive con los invitados. Su curiosidad la hará descubrir un secreto que guarda esta familia aparentemente perfecta.
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Emma
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Saskia Hennecke,
Grace Tourville
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2019
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USA / 12 mins
A multi-talented transgender student navigates life at the historically Catholic and conservative University of Notre Dame.
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Enby Enterrupted
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Sara Strachan,
Jack Fitzgerald
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2019
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Australia / 11 mins
Two Enby best buddies match with the same unicorn hunters on Tinder, but have they met their match?
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End of Story
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Frankie Symonds
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2019
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USA / 12 mins
Part introspective free-fall, part homage to the filmmakers who nurtured me, this movie uses several series created in the last two years as material to consider the powers of context, order, and sensory overload in considering a story.
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Entre Idilio y Condena
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Sofía Riaño
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2019
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Colombia / 25 mins
La historia sucede en un pueblo de Colombia en 1950. Emilia es una joven que sigue los preceptos del partido liberal. Ella tiene 20 años y sueña con ser parte de la grupo guerrillero en los llanos orientales. Ella tiene un conflicto para hacerse respetar, por lo que suele vestir la ropa de su padre. Además, tiene un primer amor: Noelia, quien es la hija del malvado líder conservador del pueblo.
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ESI:
Un derecho en disputa
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Ignacio Garcia
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2019
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Argentina / 15 mins
A través del relato de Lucía, una docente a favor de la ESI, se conoce la historia de Andrea: una docente que elabora un manual propio sobre ESI. Estas dos historias se entrelazan con la odisea de Elías, quien busca mostrar a la ESI como dañina.
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Estuario
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Sara D. Lugardo
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2019
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Puerto Rico / 14 mins
Gabriel, un joven gay, tiene un padre que es pastor y lucha por ser aceptado en la iglesia. Su padre tiene que decidir si la iglesia le abrirá los brazos a su hijo.
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Evelyn & Pamela
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Alexandria Greenhalgh
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2019
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Australia / 17 mins
Sydney, 1958. As the sun goes down, two women reconnect in a quiet bookshop after spending years apart. Though a life together seems impossible, they try and make the most out of their fleeting moment of contact.
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Every Monday
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Myat Noe
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2019
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Myanmar / 6 mins
Two girls in different places have a mysterious connection via one man.
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Every Thorn Has Its Day /
Todo rosa tem espinhas
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Tadeu Bijos
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2019
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Brazil / 9 mins
Fábio wakes up with a zit on his forehead. He goes online to see what he should do about it and pimps out his pimple.
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Everybody's Type
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Isaac Lock
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2019
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UK / 3 mins
With 30-inch hair, razor-sharp nails and a sensational sashay, Swedish make-up artist Daniel Sällström is every bit the perfect blonde bombshell. After collaborating with director Isaac Lock on Fashion Disciples: Black, he returns in this provocative project to celebrate his siren alter ego, Innitbabes.
Watch… here
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Exit Beirut
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Eli Salameh
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2019
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Lebanon / 7 mins
Even the rarest of connections can seldom define a person’s life. When your heart is somewhere else, you will always live a paradox. This is a story of a special connection between Angela and Joan. Welcome to Beirut at night.
Watch... here
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Extract from Third Shutter
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Goodyn Green
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2019
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Germany / 7 mins
Feast on this delicious slice from the final instalment of Berlin-based pornographer Goodyn Green's Shutter trilogy.
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Eye Candy
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Katharina Kraft
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2019
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Germany / 60 mins
Documentary about a strong woman in a once male-dominated sports, who fights to get respected as entertainer, athlete and homosexual woman.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/5gNywsxUs7k
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Eyes
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Lily Ash Sakula
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2019
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UK / 4 mins
Eyes is a mixed-media animation about moving though the world as a non-binary person. It explores the tension between being looked at and being seen through a day in the life of Jig. A collaboration with the young people of the Indigo project, a queer youth group based in East London.
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Fabulous Farmer /
Pasyonistang Magsasaka
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Alfredo Del Rosario Ruzol
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2019
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Philippines / 5 min
As a gay/bisexual farmer and his live-in partner expect their first child, he seemed to have taken both his roles and responsibility sincerely – as the provider to his soon to be a big family, and as an aware farmer.
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Faith Alone
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Jess Kung
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2019
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USA / 10 mins
This critical examination of the church as an institution is told creatively through the dual perspectives of the trans masculine director and their mother, an unconventional minister.
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Family First
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Marco Mucig
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2019
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Italy / 7 mins
Marco, a young skater, cruises through the buildings of Milan. He seems to have everything he could wish for: a beautiful girl by his side and friends to share his passion with. But he’s looking for something else.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/334388965
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Far /
Longe
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Mariana Stolze
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2019
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Brazil / 7 mins
During 2018’s presidential election in Brazil, a young woman expects her mother for dinner. But a homophobic social media post makes her rethink this mother-daughter relationship.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/388104084
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Far Away
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Mitko Karakolev
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2019
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UK / 4 mins
A man’s solitary existence comes to an end as he decides to go on a journey in search of companionship and love.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/332989273
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Fără Perdea
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Anca Iordănescu, Andreea Nițu
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2019
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Romania / 3 mins
How is bar sport seen in Romania through the eyes of those who practice it and not only.
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Felfel Lahmer /
Piment Rouge
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Saadia Gacem
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2019
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Algeria / 30 mins
A reflection on being a woman caught between two codes: that of the family and that of her own family. Two codes that feed off each other. Prohibitions, injunctions, rules of good behavior for women, dictated by lawmen, family and society. Felfel Lahmer creates a space for confrontation and gives body and voice to the women who gather to study, comment on – to decipher – the tacit, but no less implacable laws, prescriptions and customs imposed on them in absentia. An instrumental absence that has served to foster and legitimize female oppression that is here deconstructed to generate unexpected short-circuits and to draw precious "escape routes".
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Female Pleasure Circle
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Erika Lust
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2019
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45 mins
Five self-determined women break the taboo of female masturbation in an intimate masturbation class followed by an all-female orgy. Shattering the belief that sex is all about fulfilling male desire, Female Pleasure Circle is fiercely tackling social issues - The Lust way. “Masturbation is self-care and there is absolutely nothing shameful about it.”
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Fertilizer
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Ben Simpkins
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2019
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USA / 16 mins
As he puts an emotionally abusive relationship behind him, Michael finds a new calling in writing about the misadventures of gay dating.
Watch… https://youtu.be/ZLHYN6_2GDI
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Fisting Club
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Shu Lea Cheang
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2019
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Germany
Fisting Club' takes the eight rules from 'Fight Club' (1999) and shows fisting sex as a self-emancipation act.
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Float
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María Matiz Borda
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2019
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Columbia.
Simona and Lucas are two friends who decide to go away for the weekend. Lucas claims to be queer, but Simona doesn’t get that grey area, specially because he has always dated men. They drive to the countryside where they meet Alex, an androgynous teenager to whom Lucas is attracted. With Alex in between, the uncertainty of the nature of their relationship surfaces. They must face their feelings for each other and their own sexual identities, making decisions that put their friendship to the test.
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Float Bitch
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Princess Bouton,
Evan James Benally Atwood
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2019
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USA / 9 mins
A short film that explores a black transfeminine filmmaker/performer’s relationship to her own self-worth and ego. The film pushes the idea that by centering yourself in your artwork, specifically for those who are typically “othered” in most narratives, one is committing a gorgeous and radical act.
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Floating Deep Down Summer
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Hyelin Cho
조혜린
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2019
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Korea / 22 mins
Photographer Hye-ri, who is preparing her photo exhibition, is confused after receiving a wedding invitation from an old friend and former lover, Suyeong. Joohyun, who is in charge of Hyeri's exhibition, knows how to be confident of her gender identity and does not hide her feelings. Hye-ri, who thinks she can't be honest with herself, gets wet with such Joohyun.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/IMoh8yoAWEI
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Flohplage
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Christoph Hans, Markus Ott
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2019
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Germany / 8 mins
Berlin, late 80s. Secret Agent Dave waits for an anonymous source to exchange top secret information, but mistakes his middleman with Thorsten, who's looking for a romance.
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Fluidità
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Leana Paparella
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2019
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Canada / 4 mins
Fluidità consists of a visual exploration of the fluidity of sexuality told through the story of an Italian granddaughter-grandmother relationship.
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Fluidity
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Clyde Petersen
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2019
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USA / 2 mins
SassyBlack sings it true with this deep groove in adulation of fluid beings.
Watch… https://youtu.be/0tryc5LPx9w
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Fluir
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Martí Aguer Ymbert
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2019
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Spain / 15 mins
Among the trees, a soldier struggles to survive, but when he finds someone, it is his enemy…
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Food with Friends
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Fiza Jihan,
Mina Halim
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2019
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4 mins
A nonbinary Coptic Egyptian and a Muslim Pakistani queer friends dive into community, queerness, and diaspora with food.
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Foodgasm #1 2 3
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Florence Freitag
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2019
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Germany / 1 min
Une bouche et une pasteis de nata: la volupté portée à son paroxysme.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/274210425
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Forgotten by the Moon /
Ni la luna los vio pasar
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Nora Caro
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2019
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Mexico / 24 mins
Migliaia di migranti centroamericani si dirigono a nord ogni anno con un unico obiettivo: sfuggire alla violenza e alla povertà. L’ambiente circostante non sarà a loro favore, poiché criminalità organizzata e i narcotrafficanti sono in agguato. I loro sogni sono l’unica cosa che li tiene in piedi.
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Fragments /
Zerreler
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Seyhmus Altun
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2019
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Turkey / 3 mins
Fragments of a passionate yet tumultuous relationship. Roger and Ivy love each other but their relation ostracized and rejected by a part of a society comes to an end. Although not anymore a couple, the love for each other hasn’t faded and Roger decides to give Ivy his last gift.
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Framing Device
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Andrew Patterson
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2019
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Canada / 27 mins
Framing Device is a nearly half-hour video timeline structured (or framed by) the need for perhaps one or three individuals to maintain a high-level secret. Framing Device is therefore a work about social media and also Google downloads
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/359558489
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Freaky Friends
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Nicholas Tufts, Aidan Vair
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2019
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Canada / 19 mins
A conservationist/cryptozoologist and his begrudging co-host help local Canadian cryptids with their problems, all while educating kids on wildlife, healthy relationships, nutrition and acceptance.
Watch… https://youtu.be/PY_2iqd2gN0
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Freedom /
Libertà
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Savino Carbone
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2019
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Italy / 30 mins
In a Bari where the effects of the new, heavy migration policies decided by the new Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini, are starting to be felt, Savino Carbone follows the lives of two asylum seekers, forced to flee Senegal and Nigeria because they are homosexuals. In fact, in the two countries of sub-Saharan Africa, the LGBT community is forced to deal with widespread intolerance and a penal code that provides for imprisonment and, in some cases, even stoning. In the background the Apulian capital engaged in the electoral campaign for the Europeans, which brings the leader of the League to the city, and the fiftieth anniversary Pride of the Stonewall riots. But above all the Libertà district, defined on several occasions by the press as a difficult district due to the massive presence of foreign communities.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/394396814
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From A to D /
De A a D
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Maria João Paiva
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2019
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Portugal / 10 mins
The phase of female puberty seen and felt by different generations of women.
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Fruits of the Loom
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Jaakko Pallasvuo,
Antti Jussila,
Jade Kallio
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2019
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Finland / 32 mins
A communist and a capitalist recall their voyage into a wilderness of leisure time. A domestic cycle of breaking into houses, chasing the ghosts of parties past, and trying to conceive … but what? The waters ice over, ready to incubate. Something new is being born.
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Fuck
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Vern Haas
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2019
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3 mins
A one-word journey through an unsuspecting freshman’s sexual trials, tribulations, and revelations during her first semester of college.
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Genesis
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María Sánchez Martínez,
Juan Agustín Greco
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2019
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Argentina / 14 mins
Karen and Alexis are a couple from Victoria, a small town in Entre Rios. Today they are raising their daughter Genesis, breaking through as a trans family.
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Geni
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Cecilia Engels
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2019
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Brazil / 15:15 mins
Fran Lopez (Ivan de Almeida) é um cantor que faz muito sucesso graças a composições capazes de exaltar a alma feminina. Porém, o que ninguém sabe é que a verdadeira criadora das composições é Geni (Ângela Côrrea), uma mulher.
Reunimos uma equipe de profissionais mulheres, para realizar um filme com olhar artístico sobre a questão do espaço social da mulher na contemporaneidade.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/405029377
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Gently, Jennifer
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Katie Doane Avery
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2019
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USA / 9 mins
When Jennifer and Madison sneak a peek at a porn collection, a model stirs a deep desire in Jennifer.
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Genuine
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Kristina Maca
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2019
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Germany / 15 mins
A snapshot of life: an evening in a lesbian couple’s relationship. This is the day they finally move in together. What could possibly go wrong?
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Glitter Honey
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Marit Östberg
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2019
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Germany / 15 mins
An arousing and sparkling exploration of the body and how to touch the world in a new way.
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Going My Home
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Shin Jong-hun
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2019
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South Korea / 26 mins
HIV-positive Yong-geun returns to his hometown to celebrate his father's birthday. When he meets a stranger at a motel, an emotional journey begins.
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Golden Beads
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Milena Martinovic
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2019
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USA / 4 mins
It’s Mardi Gras day in New Orleans. It’s a celebration of life, freedom and living in the moment. When a girl decides to be spontaneous and bring another girl home, she realizes she doesn’t just want casual sex. She waits for her text in the days after, realizing that having having had the experience is valuable enough in the end.
Watch... https://vimeo.com/426019198
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Goodbye Fantasy
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Amber Bemak,
Nadia Granados
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2019
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Mexico, USA / 15 mins
Goodbye Fantasy is about two bodies in relation to each other as they let go of multiple cinematic universes they occupy together. Transforming from a fantasy body to a dreaming body to a dying body, they enact different constellations of social and political power as they relate to each other within the tight construct of the frame.
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Grown Without Water
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Xochitl Rodriguez
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2019
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USA / 10 mins
As the sun breaks over a purple mountain, a woman wakes from a dream in the middle of the West Texas desert.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/450217087
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Guest*House
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Ömer Tevfik Erten
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2019
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Turkey / 10 mins
Trans individuals, who are deprived of their right to work due to their gender identity, become a more vulnerable group in Turkey, especially in cases involving illness and old age.
In 2012, following the initiative of the Istanbul LGBTI Solidarity Association, the Trans Guest House was opened for trans individuals who are in distress, have no place to stay, and are exposed to violence. The short documentary film “Guest*House”, together with the photographs Ömer Tevfik Erten took in the guesthouse in 2014, is the gateway to the trans solidarity organized for the sustainability of the Trans Guesthouse and the search for a “safe space” for the people who temporarily host the guest house.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/373929526
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Gynecologia Autodefensa / Autodefense Gynecology
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Julia Ostertag
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2019
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Germany, Mexico / 16 mins
Gynepunk is an autonomous research project about the history of gynecology, which opens direct practical access to a self managed DIY knowledge about our bodies as well as an active and radical proposal to give a twist to patriarchal history.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/LtW-ag1T6aA
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Habit
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Amanda Vigil
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2019
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USA / 9 mins
A queer Catholic woman of color ripens into her own truth.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/fJ4BzmE6BWg
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Háblame de Verdad
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David Montero
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2019
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Spain / 3 mins
Dos compañeros de piso se encuentran de noche en la intimidad: ¿Dónde está la verdad?
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Handler is crazy
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Olivia Dreisinger
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2019
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Canada / 32 mins
A short documentary following Koyote Moone and her medical and psychiatric service dog Banner. This film explores issues surrounding non-visible disabilities and discrimination against service dog teams.
Watch… https://youtu.be/uqloMVJ9zBk
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Handmade Mountain Michèle
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Pearson Clarke
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2019
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Canada / 6 mins
Michèle Pearson Clarke explores the emotional fallout of being both early to gay marriage and early to gay divorce. Fifteen years after same-sex marriage became legal, she and friends reflect on its personal and political meaning in this experimental film.
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Hard /
Naporno
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Sasha Ihnatovich, Jasmina Mustafia
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2019
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Slovenia / 6 mins
The short film "Naporno" is an attempt to question the status quo of normative heterosexual pornography. The people who made the film take us on a journey of images made to give pleasure to the people who watch them: from “naive” erotic filming to close-ups of porn actresses and queer fetish images. How do people on both sides of the screen feel?
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Haunted Flowers
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Gato Rodriguez, Rachel Walker
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2019
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2 mins
A young nonbinary Latinx daringly descends into the echoes of an overwhelming love.
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Heal Me /
Cura-me
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Eduardo Varandas Araruna
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2019
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Brazil / 16:42 mins
Adolescent seeks a religious psychologist for therapy to cure his homosexuality. Both reach the ultimate consequences to reach the goal.
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Heart Throb
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Q
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2019
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USA / 8 mins
A trio of polyamorous dominatrixes take matters into their own hands when one of their partners can’t get the medication they need.
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Heat
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Aiko Nuki
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2019
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Mexico / 4 mins
Autobiographical erotic transition; a visceral process of disturbing and teasing touches of self pleasure.
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Heel Tip Heel /
Tacón Punta Tacón
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Eduardo Luzuriaga
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2019
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Mexico / 15 mins
A 22-year-old student wants to cross-dress for the first time and participate in a gay beauty event. His 38-year-old partner, a professional transformer, gives him advice and tells us about his experience in the world of competitions and the life of the transvestite.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/_pkggGMNexk
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Hex Your Ex
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Cassie Rubio
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2019
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USA / 7 mins
When a young woman refuses to move on from her failed relationship, her strong-willed mother and a coven of queer witches take matters into their own hands.
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Him
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Carter Truitt
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2019
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4 mins
Jasper mysteriously appears in Matthew's room in the middle of the night. Matthew attempts to figure out why his crush is acting so weird.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/281536917
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His Eyes Behind Mine
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Ziwei Qin
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2019
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United States / 6 mins
Based on a personal story. An emotional journey through love, sex, obsession, and violence.
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HIV: Healing Inner Voices
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Martin Moberg, Jada-Gabrielle Pape
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2019
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Turtle Island / 27 mins
This thoughtful portrait shows Indigenous people living with HIV who are fighting the stigma of intersectional, intergenerational trauma by connecting to traditional spirituality.
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Home
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Christina E. Lang
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2019
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USA / 5 mins
For an aromantic and asexual biracial Chinese woman, everyday moments that create home propel her into the world.
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Home
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Tyle Aaron
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2019
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USA / 8 mins
A boy goes home to discover who his mother has become.
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Homegrown
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James Dixon
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2019
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Canada / 4 mins
Homegrown complicates the notion of history as a stable and coherent narrative by creating a disorienting collage using juxtaposed images and audio fragments.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/40700836
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Honor Black Trans Womxn!
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Seyi Adebanjo
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2019
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USA / 5 mins
This short film is a call to center Black Trans Womxn, protect and celebrate Black Trans Womxn. The Hands Off Trans Bodies Rally was held on May 24th, 2019, because 3 Black Transgender Womxn were murdered within 8 days of each other. What would it look lie if Black Trans Womxn were allowed to thrive?
Watch… https://vimeo.com/339496179
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Horticult
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Will Hamilton
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2019
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5 min
A fake documentary depicts a strange community of humans in 1970’s England who believed they had become plants.
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House of AS
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Leah Shore
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2019
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USA / 1 min
An homage to BALL/Vogue
Watch… https://vimeo.com/365371481
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Hron: A Country of Ghosts
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Dani Tardif
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2019
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Canada / 63 mins
A queer heterotopian science-fiction movie about war, but more so a story about love. It starts when Dimos Horacki, a non-binary trans reporter from the Borolian empire, arrives in the mountain regions of Cerracs to write news of the forfronts of the war. Though the Empire presumes they will be able to expand their borders, they will be confronted by resistance on land that was assumed to be uninhabited. It is the story of love that unites people who believe that living together and organizing differently is possible, but that they must fight together to preserve their way of life.
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 Hug
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Matheus Murucci
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2019
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Brazil / 16 mins
In a ghetto neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, a group of friends make preparations for a birthday party.
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Hugs from hell
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Incanti & IBRIDO Workshop
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2019
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Italy / 2 mins
lavoro di animazione che ci racconta di vari incontri …. infernali!
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Huracán Bertha
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Daniela Ema
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2019
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Argentina / 15 mins
Documental que trata sobre la vida de Berta Rodas, una trabajadora social que es también actriz en la fiesta gay más grande de Argentina.
Watch… here
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I Am Kavi
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Kavi Dhan
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2019
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India / 3 mins
A South Asian transgender filmmaker strides into who he is and what identity means to him.
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I am Samantha
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T Cooper
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2019
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USA / 5 mins
Director Cooper gathered twenty-seven trans actors together to tell a universal human story about the journey to find identity, acceptance, and love by singing “I Am Samantha" by singer-songwriter Benjamin Scheuer, which was inspired by his friend Samantha Williams, whom he met randomly at a coffee shop in New York City
Watch… https://youtu.be/tQWwpzck8Tk
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I Can Explain It
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Hernán González
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2019
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Argentina / 11 mins
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I Dream /
Yalani Dream
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Yalini Dream,
Krissy Mahan
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2019
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USA
Artist Yalini Dream – Lankan Tamil Blood, Manchester-Born, Texas-Bred and Brooklyn-Brewed – performs a poem of refugee/migrant love for the self and the world, through dance and a hiphop beat.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/96651070
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I Have to Think of Us as Separate People
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Christopher Berntsen,
Stephen Ira
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2019
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USA / 4 mins
An intimate exploration of a complex relationship between two gay men, one cis, one trans, where the filmmakers fracture and blend their own bodies and voices to create a split screen projection collage.
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I Never Said It Wasn't Allowed
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Michal Beer
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2019
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Israel / 17 mins
For a year and a half, I filmed moments of my life, divided in this film between my parents’ house and my own. I attempted to stand in the gap between these two worlds, a gap in which my personal conflict takes place; I find myself overcoming and compromising, struggling and giving up. With the help of the camera, I tried to go out on a journey with my father. I don't know how this journey will end since I’m not really sure if it ever began.
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I Want to be Understood and Ignored
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Shadi Rabahi
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2019
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Lebanon / 13 mins
Shadi, a 27 year old nervous stand-up comedian, grapples with strange tendencies. His close friend knows his secret and tries to help, his girlfriend wants commitment hoping it would improve their sex life, and he visits his barbershop, much more often than needed. It is a little story of acceptance and longing to be understood and ignored.
Watch... https://vimeo.com/341829541
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I, Will /
Eu, Will
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Ieda Lagos
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2019
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Brazil / 17 mins
In the heart of Belo Horizonte, the city moves in a chaotic and loud way, but someone stands out in the middle of the crowd. From that point we will see a fragment of Will’s life.
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I’m Sánjo /
Nján Sánjo
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Jijo Kuriakose
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2019
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India / 15 mins
‘Nján Sánjo’ documents the life of a dynamic young man named Sanjo in a transphobic suburban locality. Sanjo's insights spill over the struggles with his gender idenity, lack of inclusive spaces and minimal awareness of trans masculine identities in Kerala. Sánjo, who was gender assigned female at birth also shares his passion for mathematics, hockey etc. and how they were key to his survival and realising his gender identity.
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Ibex Man
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Niv Fridman
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2019
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Israel / 5mins
A short film about love, death, and chips. It is also a story of two men who love ibex even more than they do each other.
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Ice
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Lee Seong-wook
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2019
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Korea / 27 mins
Two guys are wondering around in a resort town in order to deal ‘Ice’. On the way to the place, one of them are fear if a cop is following them.
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iLove
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David Mora
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2019
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Spain / 2 mins
ILove talks about love, about two strangers who share the same bus line. Also a bit of stalkers , of how when we like someone we 'spy' on them, we chase them, we dream of them ... In short, how we imagine a life with that person
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In the Dark
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Rory Midhani
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2019
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Germany / 4:37 mins
A chance encounter in the basement darkroom of a Berlin cruisebar, set to a track by Russian queer party band Sado Opera.
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In the Margins: Illuminating Islamic Queerness
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Layla Abdul-Jabbar
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2019
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USA / 8 mins
An experimental animation that gives voice to the realities of intersectionality when moving through and occupying space.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/330068119
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Inqueeri
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Alexandra Rose
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2019
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USA / 5 mins
This webseries follows the lives of two queer college kids, Teddy and James, as they explore finding their identities in a world of liberal zombies and normative nancies.
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Inside Out /
Revés
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Teresa Martino
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2019
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Argentina / 13 mins
Damián suffers bullying in silence. In order to survive, he hides his feelings and sexual desire. Trapped by awful circumstances as bullying continues, Damián will have to be brave enough, in order to break free.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/256354996
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Interphase
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Kenny Tran
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2019
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Canada / 2 mins
Interphase is a visual poem that metaphorically depicts the reconciliation of past experiences and trauma through the act of deconstruction, repair, and reflection, in which these emotions are conveyed through an anthropomorphic figure that is born and covered by the surrounding flora.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/333031440
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Into the Unknown
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Daniel Agmon
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2019
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Israel / 11 mins
A journey into the consciousness of a young man who wakes up in the morning to find last night’s hookup, his “dream guy”, dead in his bed
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Inversion
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Elyas Askarpour
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2019
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Iran / 13 mins
An encounter of two people in a hotel room.
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Is That All There Is?
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Chris Molina
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2019
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USA / 6 mins
Chris Molina copes with a breakup by recreating childhood memories at Disney World, attempting to see if the magic and wonder really is lost forever.
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It Could Be Anyone
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James Hutton
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2019
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USA / 19 mins
Two queer people navigate modern dating life in San Francisco and question the meaning of love
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It Started with a Ding
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Deanna Buller
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2019
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USA | 5 mins
Hayley Shaw’s crush finally slips into her DM’s. Question is… is Hayley’s crush gay and really into her?
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It’s a Match
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Andrea Alvarado
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2019
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Peru / 9 mins
Luciana acaba de dejar una mala relación, por lo que sigue los consejos de su amiga Lorena, quien la alienta a descargar una aplicación móvil para obtener citas rápidas y allí encuentra al chico perfecto. Luciana está lista para conocerlo, pero las cosas no saldrán como se imagina.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/379321299
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Je ne sais pas qui je suis mais je sais ce que j'aime /
Tra Kegro Lafi Sasam Mle Ra Kgro Lafe Beln
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Mathieu Morel
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2019 |
France / 4 mins
I do not know who I am... but I do know what I love.
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Je t’aime Moi Non Plus par les Garçons Sensibles
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Isabelle Maurel
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2019
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France / 5 mins
Vous connaissiez la chanson de Jane et Serge ? Découvrez la reprise bien plus fun des Garçons Sensibles. Un va-et-vient 100% homosexuel à quatre voix, aussi édulcoré que soyeux. Une nouvelle version qui deviendra sans doute aussi iconique que la première, mais qui, en plus, permet de bouger le popotin.
Watch… https://youtu.be/5HH_UjEmuCk
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Jess
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Agnes Koleman
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2019
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Costa Rica, Spain, Czech Republic / 10 mins
Jess is a trans, bisexual, migrant man, with functional diversity, and diagnosed with autism spectrum. In addition, he is the first migrant person in Costa Rica to have his self-proclaimed gender identity appear on his identity card. However, his struggle goes beyond being recognized as a man: Jess lives his gender according to his own terms and claims the right to exist living different intersectionality in a world that forces them to choose a single side of their identity.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/381072426
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Jim French: The Art of Masculinity
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Sean Boyle
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2019
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USA / 91 mins
In Jim French The Art of Masculinity, the viewer is taken on a journey into the life and mind of Jim French, the master photographer of some of the worlds most beautiful men. He was a pioneer in the 1960s, creating and establishing a brand that was manly, memorable, visually stunning, and influential: Colt Studios. As the man behind Colt, he photographed bodybuilders and athletes, masculine men with smoldering good looks, and bodies to match.
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John Banks - A Life of Engagement
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Simone Beaudry-Pilotte
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2019
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Canada / 13 mins
Born in Montreal in 1943, Banks said he had his first sexual encounter at 9 years of age with a 16-year-old. He remembers having lived this experience without feeling either shame or guilt, accepting the event with sereneness. This is not the case with his parents. Disturbed and worried, they send him to consult a psychiatrist with the aim of “healing” him. |
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Juan Alberto
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Juan Yactayo Sono
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2019
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Peru / 5 mins
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Just Call Me Ripley
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Shannon Noll
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2019
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USA / 44 mins
Just Call Me Ripley is a coming out story where nobody cries! This comedic web series centers on Ripley who’s group of diverse, queer, wacky friends will support her no matter what she decides about her sexuality – but that doesn’t always make things easier.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/gU0Ax_r0ONM
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Just Saffy
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Beth Stokes
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2019
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UK / 10 mins
16 year old Saffy begins to struggle with her gender identity after moving to a new school with gendered uniform. Never really feeling as though she fits in with the boys or girls, Saffy finds herself treading water in the world of identity. She's in a transitive stage of her life, physically, emotionally, and mentally as she begins to face alienation and gender dysphoria in the face of personal revelation and misunderstanding with her mother.
Watch… https://youtu.be/AmQ9S4u3Vig
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Just Us
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Tom Birdsey
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2019
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UK / 5 mins
Love told through memory and the cinematic thrill of rear-projection.
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Keine Ausgesprochenen Worte
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Jens Kraushaar, Eva Tuchscherer
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2019
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Germany / 12 mins
Astrid und Dieter erinnern sich an die aufkommende schwul-lesbische Bewegung in den 1970ern.
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Kiddy Smile – Slap My Butt
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Pierre Saba-Aris
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2019
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USA / 4 mins
Slap My Butt takes its driving musical heartbeat directly from house classics while expressing the frustration felt by those living in an oppressive society. This visual celebration of open sexuality and queerness is an invitation to get wild and wicked, and to live out your fantasies on the dance floor.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/327070007
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Kings and Queens
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Rachel Relman
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2019
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USA / 18 mins
Drag performers and best friends Polly Glamory and Stevie Stars ditch their boring college graduation to compete in the last round of a drag competition. Their relationships with each other and everyone around them are tested as they try to become the best performers in the most competitive drag market in the country.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/321795643
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Kinky Kitchen
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Bea Höller
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2019
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Germany / 2 mins
Have you ever wondered what your kitchen utensils get up to when you are not at home? The short clip trilogy Kinky Kitchen will reveal the juicy truth.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/CQQihdQEQmA
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Kiss In
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Nicky Murmann
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2019
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UK / 4:43 mis
A meditation on the act of kissing and what it means to kiss when queer.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/479348227
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Kuraiosa
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Nora Alberdi Odriozola
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2019
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Spain / 27 mins
At the cinema a person sits alone on an empty seat. Lights go off and the projection is on. One at a time, four people show up and talk: four voices, four personalities, four bodies, four rooms; but the real repression: calling them women.
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L’altra Altra Meta’ del Cielo-Donne
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Filippo Soldi
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2019
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Italy / 54 mins
L’ALTRA ALTRA METÀ DEL CIELO è un viaggio che prosegue da anni. Ci sono già state due tappe: L’altra altra metà del cielo (2008) e L’altra altra metà del cielo… continua (2011), due documentari che hanno affrontato il mondo dell’omosessualità femminile, cioè una parte minoritaria di quella che è stata definita “l’altra metà del cielo”. Questo viaggio è stato intrapreso da Maria Laura Annibali diversi anni fa ed è dal calore dell’accoglienza riservata ai primi due capitoli che Maria Laura trae la forza e l’entusiasmo di proseguire il cammino. È un cammino che prevede compagni e compagne di viaggio.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/mhq994_J9C0
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La Añoranza
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Roberto Segoviano
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2019
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Mexico / 9 mins
Rubén, a call and a painting that breaks.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/491412994
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La Tête la première
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Théo Abadie
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2019
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France / 17 mins
Marco, jeune homme de 16 ans, ne vas plus au lycée depuis deux semaines et reste cloîtré dans sa chambre...
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La Utopía de la Mariposa
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Miguel J. Crespo
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2019
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Mexico / 30 mins
Lukas Avendaño es quizá el artista más importante de la comunidad Muxe, el tercer género de los zapotecas. La poesía, la danza y la antropología son la herramienta que utiliza para enunciarse y expresarse. Desde el 10 de mayo de 2018 su hermano Bruno desapareció de manera misteriosa, encontrarlo entre los 70 mil desaparecidos que hay en México es, para Lukas, una utopía.
Lukas Avendaño is perhaps the most important artist of the Muxe community, the third gender of the zapotecas. In 2018, Bruno, his brother, disappeared. Finding him, among the 100 thousand missing people in Mexico is, for LuKas, his greatest utopia.
Trailer… here
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Lac Daumesnil
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Thomas Devouge
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2019
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France / 19 mins
Lac Daumesnil is the story of an elective affinity surrounded by distant ghosts. Aurélien and his friend move around a lush botanical garden, discussing on the shores of a picturesque lake, exploring a little neoclassical temple near which they film their playful games with a camera that ends up recording the slow emerging of their fragility.
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Ladies and the tramp
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Morgana Muses
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2019
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Australia / 12 mins
Experience a world of pleasure with Morgana and Marina. A beautiful afternoon between friends with good food, great sex and trampolines! Starring Morgana Muses and Marina Lee in an outdoor scene that will really get you jumping for joy.
Trailer… here
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Ladies, Gentlemen and Everyone in Between
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Jad Wadi
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2019
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Lebanon / 10 mins
In a visual essay of day-to-day props and itineraries in Beirut, the gendered nature of Arabic is exposed. Quotidian elements, whether formally gendered or transformed into something that is, become part of a personal narrative through sound and graphic fragments. This experiment challenges the notion of the binary as Wadi navigates through the city as both male, female, and neither.
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Last Ditch
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Zoë Schneider
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2019
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4 mins
“This weight leaves me, in a healthy way. Calmly, easily, without obsession. From 248, to 172. May this spell, make it true."
Watch… https://vimeo.com/359844124
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Lazy (Sunday)
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Cameron Miller-Desart
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2019
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USA / 12 mins
Tired of their friends trying to set them up, two friends turn running errands into a fake date, only to find it may not be fake.
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Legendary
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Raishad M. Hardnett,
Cassie Owens, Lauren Schneiderman
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2019
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USA / 19 mins
An inside look into the effort to preserve Philadelphia's ballroom scene, a Black LGBTQ safe-space that has endured for 30 years.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/444288098
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Lemoncholy
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Maya Pirulli, Mariluz Rodriguez Jr
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2019
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USA / 4 mins
A couple finds a back door solution to their intimacy problems.
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Lena d'Água - Nunca Me Fui Embora
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Hugo Manso, Nuno Galopim
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2019
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Portugal / 49 mins
She started singing in the 1970s, but it was with the boom of events in the early 1980s that she became one of the most successful pop voices born in Portugal. Her great songs, music videos that made history, difficult times in the meantime, a few ignored albums and an acclaimed comeback, are the core of this documentary, which tells us a life story with visibility from the cradle. After all, she is the daughter of a prominent figure of Portuguese football.
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Les voix du dedans
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Elina Chared
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2019
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France / 26 min
Le visage de Marianne n’a pas d’âge. Elle semble être marquée par plusieurs vies. Les diagnostics, les pairs, elle s’en est servie pour créer sa propre relation avec les troubles psychiques. Elle s’invente, ré-invente, performe et parfois désespère mais se relève. Dans ces fragments de quotidien, Marianne nous livre l’intimité de son rapport à ces voix qu’elle entend. Un portrait se dessine, celui d’une femme qui lutte pour exister, dans la beauté de sa singularité.
Watch… here
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Less Lethal Fetishes
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Thirza Cuthand
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2019
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Canada / 9 mins
Grappling with a latent gas mask fetish, Cuthand muses on art world political controversies, toxic emissions from the petrochemical industry, and complicity in repression and pollution as an artist enmeshed in an art and film industry propped up by dirty funders.
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L'Etern Retorn
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Xavier Mitjana Agustí
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2019
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Spain / 10 mins
Isaac vuelve a casa después de años en el extranjero. Vuelve al lugar donde nació, un pequeño pueblo de comarcas.
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Letters to Claudia
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Frida Mesa
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2019
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México / 16 mins
Claudia is a young woman who spends her days working in a used bookstore. One day, after finding a letter forgotten in a book, she starts a search to deliver it.
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Lezzies’ Mime Ménage
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Trulee Hall
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2019
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USA / 3 mins
A surreal, mime-like sport and lesbian make-out session.
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Life is Short /
La vida es corta
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Florencia Bastida
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2019
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Argentina / 23 mins
Lu and Jose dive into a frenetic and useless search. They go after the track of Male, a girl who was supposed to date Jose but she never showed up, just because she fall asleep. The paranoic idea that something might had happened to Male, embark this friends on one endless adventure just the night before Lu holds her last college exam. Because Life is short, it reminds us that in order to denormatise we must destroy what is imposed from above, at least from humor. But always being together.
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Lipstick
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Etsen Chen
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2019
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Korea / 12 mins
Joonwoon is bullied in high school for his effeminate appearance. After his peers throw him into a swimming pool he ends up a laundromat where he encounters the enigmatic Chanmi. As they go on a little adventure, Joonwon must decide which paths to take, what to take along with him…and what to leave behind.
Watch... here
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Little Walter Whispers
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William Moran
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2019
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USA / 14 mins
Walter is an aloof teenage boy who finds relief from his daily life by posting relaxation videos on Youtube. One day, Walter comes face-to-face with his high school crush: a too-cool-for-school skater boy named Wade. What happens next will challenge the fragile, gentle world Walter has created for himself.
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Lost, Love, Memories
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Antonio Scarabaggio
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2019
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Italy / 7 mins
While the conflict rages on French Lands, the German troops arrive at Arras surrounding the territory and wiping out everything that counteracts their will. On the Battlefield the German Eirik Vonmets and the English James Williams are engaged in the uncontrolled search of one other risking their own lives, heedless of the dangers all around them. At the end, the final goal will be achieved: they’ll finally be able to live as free men.
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Love and Death in Montmartre
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Evans Chan
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2019
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Hong Kong / 109 mins
Qiu Miaojin is an icon of the Chinese-speaking lesbian community. The essayistic documentary traces the writer’s short life in Taiwan and Paris, quoting from her works and interviewing her companions, publishers, translators and teachers. Her suicide in 1995 at the age of 26 immortalised her. The flim embeds her conflict-laden life within the struggle of the Taiwanese LGBTIQ* movement, which today, 50 years after Stonewall, recently achieved the legalisation of same-sex marriage.
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Love Lies Bleeding
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Angel I-Han Teng
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2019
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Taiwan / 15 mins
It’s been five years Laura hasn’t seen Hattie since they abruptly broke up due to Laura’s betrayal. Visiting Los Angeles for her touring exhibition, Laura grabs the chance to stay in Hattie’s apartment as a reconnection.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/367112900
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Love Undivided
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Clare Clovechok
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2019
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Canada / 14:29 mins
Love Undivided explores the perspectives of three people living ethically non-monogamous lives.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/497178974
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Loveislove
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Al Zaher
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2019
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México / 1 min
Que trata del amor libre e incondicional.
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Loves
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Katsutomo Inadu
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2019
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Japan / 18 mins
Katsuya, who is the mother of a Philippine pub, was in love with Kuroda, who works as a black dress there. Katsuya continues to struggle desperately as he is gay and the faith inherited from his devout Christian mother. Where should I arrive without being able to throw away the "God" that my mother gave me?
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Loving Our Language: Pride in Disability Culture
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Jen Sungshine,
David Ng
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2019
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Canada / 6 mins
This film explores queerness and disability, looking at the ways that culture and language are also part and parcel of many other communities.
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Luca M/W/D
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Hannah Schwaige, Ricarda Funnemann
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2019
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Germany / 7 mins
Society generally distinguishes between two sexes: male and female. In Germany there is a new law for a new legal gender “divers”. Divers refers to a gender spectrum between male, female and beyond. “I feel my own sex very changeable, it never feels like I am a man or a woman. But only a body to which belongs a spirit and a mind that creates“ this is how Luca describes themself. Thus Luca unites alleged characteristics of both classical sexes in his appearance. Although Luca has experienced antipathy and even physical violence, because of his appearance – Luca would never stop being themself. The first time Luca felt really accepted was in theatre. In the theater, Luca found a way to develop more empathy. An effect that may someday be passed on to people who object to Luca’s looks, beliefs, and way of loving them.
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Madly in Love with My Best Friend
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Erika Lust
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2019
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21 mins
"I think I'm madly in love with my best friend, but of course, she doesn't know. I'm not sure if she even likes women... She is the coolest person I've ever met, so sexy, so modern, so confident. Everything I lack, she has.
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Maintenance /
Mantenimiento
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Juanita Rodriguez
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2019
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Puerto Rico / 6 mins
A nosy neighbor visits her gay neighbor. How will it go?
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Make a Wish
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Chen Ke Yun
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2019
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Taiwan / 25 mins
A story of two young friends trying to figure out their relationship as one struggles with his sexual identity and the fear of coming out.
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Maliblue
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Edson Contreras
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2019
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Mexico / 6 mins
Audiovisual exploration that approaches the Drag scene in Morelia, where design, fashion, art and freedom make up its histrionic side.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/362404089
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Manolo le decían
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Venjamín Villalobos Baranda,
Tomás Duarte Álvarez,
Melisa Lantadilla Gallardo
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2019
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Chile / 9 mins
ualañé es una pequeña ciudad del campo chileno. Si usted pregunta por el SIDA ahí, lo primero que le van a decir es que no saben nada. Luego les dirán que sí saben, pero sólo por lo que han escuchado. Al final, todos dicen que la culpa fue de Manolo.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/1LCJJK-a4go
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Maricón
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Fernando Ferres López
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2019
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Spain / 25 mins
“Maricón” es un falso documental que cuenta la historia de Juan López, un hombre homosexual represaliado por el Franquismo. El cortometraje se narra en primera persona, a través de la visión de un estudiante que está haciendo un documental sobre Juan. El estudiante va dando su interpretación sobre él, lo que significa su historia, así como la manera en la que se va desarrollando la relación de confianza que se genera entre ambos.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/xtMjHP-PqOM
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Mark
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Sarah Hill
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2019
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USA / 50 mins
Who was Mark? We know Mark was a Husband, Father, Friend, Patient, and a Musician, despite limited scholarly writing about his life. Created through this absence, Mark is a cinematic, non-linear, historical fiction account of a Trans masculine musician who might have existed.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/288880630
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Marlène Superhero
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Gael Nayt
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2019
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France / 9 mins
2019, Paris, at night, under the Alexandre 3 bridge. Maxime, eleven years old, thinks of jumping into the Seine. A caped and masked woman, speaking English, stops him in his suicidal gesture and sermonizes him.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/710720813
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Mask4masc
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Shakeil Rollock
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2019
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Canada / 5 mins
Watch... https://vimeo.com/314066509
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Maya /
Майя
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Aleksei Ivanchenkov
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2019 |
The Russian Fedration / 14 mins
Maya keeps fighting for her right to be a woman officially. She deals with her insecurities, fear of uncertainty and the society’s hostility without losing her faith and optimism. Will Maya’s dream come true? |
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Melody
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Anne Wheeler
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2019
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Canada / 12 mins
Newfoundland; 1984. Two young women find themselves in an impossible situation. With no one to turn to and against all odds, the pair take the road trip of their lives.
Based on the story Melody by Lisa Moore, from her 2002 collection of short stories, Open.
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Memories Revealed /
Memorias Reveladas
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Quentin Worthington
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2019
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France / 23 mins
From Buenos Aires to Hanover, this photo-novel reveals the struggles, lives spent in exile and grief, but also the happy memories of trans women like Magali, Maria Belen, Ivana, and Carla, who work to protect a treasure trove of seven thousand photos: the Archivo de la Memoria Trans Argentina.
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Mermind
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Shiue Jen Chang
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2019
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Taiwan / 4:45 mins
On Halloween, a day where anyone could be anything, a child prepares the perfect costume to fulfill their dream.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/339159232
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Metal Heart
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Frigid
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2019
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Canada / 3 mins
Another spectacular output from Montreal’s DJ Frigid.
Watch… https://youtu.be/Sz25OLNoFkI
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Metamorphosis
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Marte Gunnufsen
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2019
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Norway / 25 min.
We follow two queens on the Chicago drag scene as they’re getting ready for the stage.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/286342433
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Métis Femme Bodies
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Chanelle Lajoie
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2019
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Canada / 5 mins
Métis Femme Bodies is an exploration into the experiences of what has become a repressed identity in both Indigenous and femme forms. Métis Femme Bodies offers voice to those denied such luxury; allowing the subjects to represent themselves and correct misleading narratives imposed by greater power structures.
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Mi arma
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Jesús Pascual
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2019
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Spain / 6 mins
Tradition and subversion. Folklore and revolution. The passion of a young drag queen for the cultural elements of his homeland, Andalusia, and the problems involved in incorporating them into his own artistic expression.
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Mia sorella
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Saverio Cappiello
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2019
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Italy / 15 mins
Una ráfaga de golpes de nudillos une a Vanni y Cosimo, dos hermanos inseparables apasionados por el Muay Thai. El día de la pelea está cerca, pero esa noche algo sale mal. Cosimo tiene una nueva novia, y Vanni no puede manejarlo.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/WYxxClaeMcI
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Moan-A Lisa
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Connor Kurth
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2019
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USA / 1 min
A Japanese American becomes the target of an offensively kinky fetish.
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Mono
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Omar Flores Sarabia
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2019
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México / 17 mins
Mono, un decadente bailarín, conoce a Ángel, quien parece ser su última oportunidad para escapar del oscuro mundo en donde vive. Obsesionado con su juventud perdida, Mono sabe que dejar ir a Ángel significará el principio de su fin.
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Monsters
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Steven D. Jackson
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2019
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UK / 4 mins
We all have monsters - but how do we deal with the problem? Where do we go or who do we talk too when we have doubt, anxiety or depression?
Watch… https://vimeo.com/377623202
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Mont Rose
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Lazare Lazarus
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2019 |
France / 8 mins
Suspended in the summer, between agaves and succulents, we mate, we flirt, we jerk off in the mineral cracks of the limestone. Higher up, amidst pines and military relics, in the fumes of sap and cum, guys are on the lookout, ready to pounce. Others, seated on belvederes, watch the procession attentively.
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Motherstruck
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Micaela Birmingham
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2019
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USA / 16 mins
Staceyann Chin embarks on a wild road toward motherhood in this series, based on her one-woman play directed by Cynthia Nixon and produced by Rosie O’Donnell.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/g_ATWDRfTcU
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Mowitowak
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Megan Feheley
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2019
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Canada / 4 mins
Mowitowak questions how the filmmaker is perceived by those who may wish to do them harm.
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Mr. Ji
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Lukas Calabrese
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2019
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USA / 8 mins
Mr. Ji is a wheelchair bound dog as eccentric as the NYC neighborhood he lives in.
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Music Box
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Tasya Abbot
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2019
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4 mins
A young Peruvian/Jewish lesbian living far from home explores her grandparent’s relationship with her identity.
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My Duck
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Edita “Aster” V. Delgado
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2019
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Germany / 7 mins
Sixteen-year-old “tomboy” Ning-ning grows up on a duck farm in the Philippines and has to help her father a lot. Recently, though, she has been spending more and more time with a girl from school. But one day, her father discovers something that shatters Ning-ning’s world…
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My Grandmother’s House
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Megan Wilton
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2019
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4 mins
A pansexual Black woman and her aunt climb from generations of child sexual abuse and domestic violence toward power.
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My Mind Wonders When You’re Looking
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Gein Wong
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2019
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Canada
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Nay
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Melinda James
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2019
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USA / 1 min
An intimate portrait of Renee.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/322118624
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Negative Worlds
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Edmund Hardy
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2019
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UK / 3 mins
A changing and fragmented band of characters go in search of another world within this one. A collage film, moving through multiple genres and multiple years.
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Nest
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Eszter Jánka
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2019
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Germany / 8 mins
They wander through an infinite emptiness. A couple and she, the woman. They feel an inexplicable bound, in the night, in the world: outside. Their encounter can only occur in the empty room. One by one they can enter the space and find each other again. In their world, they are not completely alone, Pig is observing them. Three bodies, their existence doesn’t affect the sphere, their world was already complete. And empty. The nest bursts. Melancholy echoes.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/312984821
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Neutral
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Maggie Nielsen
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2019
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USA / 3 mins
Z is a happy child, on the cusp of blissfully ignorant peace with themselves and those around them. With the help of some imaginary friends come to life from their picture book, Z meets other kids at the park and they slowly begin to realize that they don't quite fit in with the stereotypical playtime of either child- boy or girl. When they need to go to the bathroom, they are faced with a decision that has been building up the entire day.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/339663259
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New Ways
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Jonas Hegi,
Jonas & Julien
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2019
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UK / 8 mins
A four-part voguing odyssey with the father of the House of Milan, Benjamin Milan featuring original music by Gaika.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/366487262
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Nida
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Fawzi Swaid
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2019
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Netherlands / 29 mins
Nida is queer woman from Pakistan who left her husband and escaped to The Netherlands three years ago. Having experienced a life in fear in her home country she has now reached a place where she can finally be herself.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/375876658
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No Consigo Olvidarte
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Sebastián Sario
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2019
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Brazil / 4 mins
Summer love is that which is impregnated in your body. That burns your skin and burns you night and day. It's that powder that starts in January and lasts all year long. It is dawn not knowing where and in the arms of a delicious stranger in a Rio de Janeiro motel facing the sea. Because loving in summer is for the needy, for those who fly over the beaches like seagulls desperate to eat. It is living intoxicated by the sweaty and firm bodies of Rio's beaches. Breathing that dense air, dense like a broth heated and reheated over and over again, a delicious mixture of vegetation, passion fruit and sweat. To love in Rio de Janeiro is to not be able to stop looking and looking at the shapes of the wonderful city, so intoxicating. Nuts, plants, fruits, lumps, more lumps, men who smell like men, penises, fat and thick penises that want to jump out of their bathing suits.
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No Dominion: The Ian Horvath Story
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Margaret Mullin
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2019
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USA / 40 mins
This documentary salutes the life and accomplishments of the late dance champion and AIDS activist Ian (Ernie) Horvath.
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No Es Coma
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Tamara Lucarini
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2019
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Spain / 15 mins
José Ramón, victim of a serious accident, receives the visit of Agustín, who takes the opportunity to talk about old times.
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No Fems
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Tyler Vogel
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2019
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USA / 8 mins
For feminine gay men we not only receive the pressure from society to be masculine, but also within our own community.Within the gay community there is a huge divide between masculine and feminine men. A lot of these problems root from social media where masculine men will post captions like “masc 4 masc” and “no fems” on their social media pages. We must hear human stories by those affected to be more accepting.
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No Hay Einstein con Falda
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Marisa Tane Hernández López
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2019
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Mexico / 5 mins
Documental biográfico acerca de la vida de Deborah Dultzin Kessler, importante astrofísica mexicana de origen judío, precursora en la investigación de los hoyos negros y cuásares que son núcleos activos de galaxias. A una temprana edad fue diagnosticada con una malformación genética, que derivó en la amputación de su pierna derecha. A pesar de esta limitación y de dedicarse a una profesión mayoritariamente masculina, ha superado estos obstáculos y ahora es miembro de la Unión Astronómica Internacional, órgano encargado de las definiciones de nombres de planetas y otros objetos celestes.
Trailer... here
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Noi
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Benedetta Valabrega
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2019
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Italy / 54 mins
On the background of a worldwide historical event, the Valabrega family opens its eyes to how much relational dynamics among the family have been repeating themselves for generations. The sons try with all their strength to free themselves from the influences or their parents, but sometimes they do not succeed in breaking the scheme of transmission of acquired characters. Today, the three sisters want to stop the mechanism and to anticipate the showdown. Therefore they start a trip together with their father retracing the road that Bruno and Ugo, Benedetta’s granfather and his brother, took to run away from the war crossing the enemy lines. But unlike the brother’s one, their trip will try to mend a wound that is still open.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/IhxXPLZ6iQs
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Noise /
Ruido
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Samuel González
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2019
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Chile / 20 mins
"Teacher, what is AIDS?" is the question that generates a noise throughout the school, revealing misinformation and lack of sex education among students and parents.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/nppuHg2A7GI
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Notes from CARA
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Filippo Gobbato, Alessia Foraggio, Claudio Selicato, Paolo Rosi, Giacomo Fausti, Sarah Mathon
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2019
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Italy / 30 mins
Notes from CARA takes us to a refugee camp in Sicily where we meet a restless multitude of migrants, each with their own unique path.
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Now it's Up to You
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Felipe Kuri
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2019
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Mexico / 16 mins
José Ángel runs from his own house to his partner, Raymundo; he grows up in the face of abuse and returns for his own.
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Nunca nos dijeron la verdad
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Rosa Blas Traisac
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2019
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Spain / 22 mins
Piloto de una serie en el que se nos presenta a Berta, una joven profesora que ha decidido cambiar de planes y comenzar una nueva vida con su pareja, pero antes de dar el paso final tiene que ir a su casa natal en la sierra madrileña para tener una importante conversación con su padre.
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Ô Criatura: Navigating (dis)location
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Andréa Monteiro
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2019
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Canada / 9 mins
“Ô Criatura: Navigating (dis)location” is a documentary that captures an East Van Latinx artist’s reflections on identity and belonging, and on how social, cultural, and discursive realities influence her life.
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Of the Ruins You Leave Me /
Et des Ruines que Tu Me Laisses
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Antoine Vazquez
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2019
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France / 20:30 mins
In this mediative documentary go beyond the city, past the tourists and to the ruin, where the sounds of leather and spit fill the air as anonymous men cruise and quench their thirst… until to the city they return.
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Off the Highway Like Another Deer
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Sofia Higgins
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2019
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USA / 9 mins
A brilliant collage of shattered elements, revealing a deeper truth about sex and gender.
Watch... https://vimeo.com/333767837
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Office-Ally Confused
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Whitney Williams
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2019
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USA / 1 min
How do you address a workplace microaggression when the other person knows exactly what they did wrong?
Watch… https://youtu.be/EpwwVy_lJZw
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Oklahoma is Black
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Melinda James
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2019
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USA / 4 mins
A meditation digs up nuanced portraits of abundant Black life.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/340352070
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Olga’s Self Insert Fan Fiction
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Ella Sanderson, Georgette Stefoulis
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2019
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Australia / 3 mins
Olga is bored of the monotony of her life. When she finds an escape through her fanfiction, her fantasies run wild, becoming increasingly power hungry and ridiculous. Today, fanfiction.net. Tomorrow, the world. Why would she ever go back to reality?
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Om Det Var 2007
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Jon Ely Xiuming Aagaard Gao
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2019
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Sweden / 6 mins
A music video for the poem and later song ”Om det var 2007” / ”If it was 2007” from the EP ”Ohavsdjur” / ”Monster sea creatures”
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On Animals and Cleaning
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Zafire Vrba
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2019
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Sweden / 7 mins
Sweden, like most countries, is built on fascism. In the first half of the 20th century, Sweden was world-leader in eugenics, and provided the German Nazis with “research” during the 2nd World War. The Swedish state sterilized tens of thousands of people within their obsession with cleaning and hygiene. Today, the fascist obsession with cleaning lives on. There are absurd designs in Sweden that try to fool us to think that “less is more”, that there is such a thing as “blond wood”, or that design, or even a line, can be “clean”. On Animals and Cleaning brings up Sweden’s dirty secrets through the absurd performative act of cleaning. The film is based on a performance with the same name.
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Once upon a time in Easter house
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Paul Cochrane
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2019
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UK / 16 mins
In the East End of Glasgow, a teen boy confronts his secret after falling in love for the first time.
Trailer... here
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Ondas Mareadas
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Inés Aledo Ricarte, Amaia Araiztegi Mendibe, Jone Garitano Orue
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2019
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Basque Country / 6 mins
Mariana has something to tell us.
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One corner within a radius of 3 meters
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Yoshiaki Sajima
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2019
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Japan / 25 mins
Mamoru doesn't want to be gay at work. One day, Tomoki, who was previously at the gay bar, joined the company. Two people gathered together at a drinking party held by a friend when Mamoru's motivated feelings were raised against Tomoki, which had a “very” behavior. Mamoru hits Tomoki with his previous anger.
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Open Your Eyes:
An Anthem for Pride
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Julia Jansch
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2019
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USA / 4 mins
This spoken-word film celebrates the meaning of pride and pays homage to those that came before.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/344839891
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Our Service, Our Stories:
The Evolution of the LGBT Military Experience
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Bill Anderson,
Neil Beecher,
Bill Duckworth,
Belita Edwards,
Ed Imparato,
Michael La Borde,
Warren Tymony
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2019
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USA / 21 mins
Featuring LGBT veterans who served between 1951 and 2017, this short documentary was made by a small group of senior veterans at the Los Angeles LGBT Center to ensure that the history of those who served is preserved and shared.
Watch... here
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Our Transition
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Connor O'Keefe
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2019
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USA / 9 mins
The filmmaker explores his transition to male and coming out at 13 years old by reliving the experience through the perspective of his parents.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/334451506
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Ouroboros
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Dwam Ipomée
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2019
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France / 8 mins
A cycle of alternating power dynamics. Three people, a sexual push and pull, tough and gentle, fighting, playing, changing.
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Out of the Shadows
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Rafael Samanez
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2019
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USA / 14 mins
Joselyn, a Mexican transgender immigrant woman, finds a community in Queens, New York, and together they fight to lift themselves out of poverty by attempting to open the first trans-owned cooperative salon in the United States.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/301349302
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Outrun the Sky
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Alvin Agarrat
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2019
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USA / 73 mins
“Outrun the Sky" (tells the stories of five Black gay men living with HIV in the most impacted cities for HIV across the South (Miami, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Atlanta and Jackson Mississippi). The film not only profiles the men -their diagnosis, treatment and support - but it also tells the story of the cities they navigate to receive care and support. “Outrun the Sky” seeks to humanize people living with and through HIV epidemic.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/RYKaChY3-KQ
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Overflow
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Aorta Film
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2019
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USA
Shay Knox is overwhelmed by pain, pleasure, and pure sensation.
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Pahichan
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Yajaswi Rai
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2019
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Nepal / 7 mins
Story of Rukshana Kapali, Pahichan, shows how struggle for her identity is part of routine work for the 19 years old trans woman in Nepal.
Watch… https://youtu.be/U36mU_Hkw_Q
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Pan con Leche
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Cancion Diez
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2019
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Mexico / 3 mins
The first love is never forgotten and less on hot nights, is the phrase confirmed by Víctor, who receives an unexpected visit from his first boyfriend. The light of the moon illuminates the love that the happy ex-couple gives each other, as if it were the first time, but the first rays of the sun make Victor return to his reality.
Trailer... here
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Paperthin
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Lucia Florez
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2019
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Peru / 16 mins
21-year-old Anton left his hometown in East Russia to move to New York City after facing violent attacks and persecutions because of his gender identity. Now, while starting his transition to a woman, Anton applies for political asylum in the US with the dream of starting from scratch and creating a free future.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/359920121
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Paradise Lost
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José Luis Cortés
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2019
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Puerto Rico / 11 mins
Ivan the Terrible viscerally and hauntingly explores his own expulsion from paradise, portraying himself under the influence of Crystal Meth. A visual triptych that explores expulsion (the journey), the search for the lost, and recovery. As in Milton's poem, the rapture detaches the subject from his nature; in the poem beauty is lost and in the short humanity itself is put at risk. But this is not a portrait of dissolution. On the contrary, it is a narration in the artist's own voice that tells in a heartbreaking way an experience with the substance and anchor, without a doubt, the humanity of his proposal.
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Part Three
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Kaya Joan
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2019
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Canada / 4 mins
“Part Three" explores a dreamscape world, parallel to our own. A human enters this world through a portal.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/392283766
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Paula
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Marianne Hänni
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2019
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Switzerland / 5 mins
Paula goes back to work after a fun night out.
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Pillow Fight
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Noa Sagi
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2019
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Israel / 7 mins
What starts off as a pillow fight between four childhood friends on a trip, escalates into an emotional confrontation between two of them.
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Pink and Blue
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Charlotte Firmin
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2019
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UK / 3 mins
Short animated documentary, with a very expressive and experimental style. Pink and Blue highlights the life of a Transgender man, his experiences of growing up and his story of coming out.
Watch… https://youtu.be/JPQkfFZ7KZU
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Pink Barong
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Veronica Velasco
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2019
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Philippines / 5 mins
Eric discovers - and accepts - his father’s secret identity after his death.
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Player
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Sabrina Duarte
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2019
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Brazil / 6 mins
With a song on their lips and pride in their hearts, a trans-women choir sings in solidarity against the violence towards trans-women in Brazil. Featuring Brazilian trans rapper and multimedia artist Linn da Quebrada, this music video is a way to affirm the life of the trans- woman in all spaces.
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Plum Circus
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Katrina Daschner
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2019
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Austria / 12 mins
A circus and artistes of the sort one knows only from dreams: peculiar, eccentric, mysterious, but also brutal, bloody, and horny; that’s how the performances in Plum Circus by Katrina Daschner can be described.
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Plus
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Andrew J Rodriguez
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2019
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14 mins
When Zaire’s life is upended by a sudden HIV diagnosis, he carries the burden alone, struggling to tell his closest friends.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/335478425
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Prazer, Casa 08
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Ekatala Keller
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2019
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Brazil
A filmmaker and astrologer, inspired by the intimacy of pleasure, unveils human nature through actual testimonials and stories, based on the astral map. The film reveals that, regardless of the particularities of each, we all want the same thing: to love and to be loved. Desire and be desired. Pleasure, who are you?
Trailer… https://youtu.be/xQzRTWxn5_U
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Pride & Prejudice & Gays
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DiDi Rizzo
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2019
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USA / 17 mins.
Gender swaps. Cross-dressing. Drag. Georgian era glamour with a contemporary flare. This period dramtire follows Darcy, a proud, rich, and austere woman who is determined to win the spirited Lizzy Bennet’s hand despite the objections of Darcy’s class-conscious aunt Lady Catherine, played by celebrity drag queen Shea Couleé.
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Pride /
Orgullo
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Virginia Burgos, Chus Gómez
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2019
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Spain / 5 mins
Una madre y una hija ven la televisión a la hora de comer. La madre se preocupa por su hija, le pregunta por su novio, por su ocio. La nota un poco triste, callada, se preocupa por ella. Nada es más importante para una madre que la felicidad de su hija. Siempre que no pase determinados límites.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/-eraqiTfx6Q
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Pride Prom
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Robyn Di Giacinto
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2019
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USA
Pride Prom is a short documentary that follows the lead organizer of the first LGBTQ+ Pride Prom at Marquette, a Catholic Jesuit university.
Trailer... here
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Progressive Genitalia – the infomercial slideshow
Professor Rory
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Mille Bostedt
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2019
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Sweden / 5:55 mins
Progressive Genitalia – the infomercial slideshow is a presentation film for the futuristic company Progressive Genitalia. Progressive Genitalia, a futuristic company that creates your dream genitalia using biotechnology and CRISPR/cas9. The film is usually shown in combination with a performance by Professor Rory who is the scientist behind Progressive Genitalia. In three simple steps you design and create your dream genitalia. The film shows a slideshow of different Alien-like genders like an order catalog and explains their functions. At the end, the professor undresses and reveals his own modified genitalias. Those of you who only watch the film can, based on what is said, imagine what it looks like.
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Prom Night
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Sam McGowan
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2019
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Australia / 10 mins
Billie, a 17-year-old non-binary teenager, prepares to attend a formal for underage queer youth for the first time. As they choose their outfit and get their hair done, they reveal how they navigate the awkwardness of adolescence while also dealing with the anxieties that come with being young and queer.
Watch… https://youtu.be/0scCYJ0L9ZM
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Pussy Play
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Les PéPé.e.s
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2019
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Belgium / 6 mins
We play with our bodies like we play with our images. A pussy is actually quite beautiful, too bad it's hidden!
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Que si Monogamia
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Tavo Ruiz
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2019
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Mexico
Monogamia is a prison between love and hate.
Trailer… here
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Queer
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Romi Kim
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2019
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USA / 4 mins
Whispers of queerness in a young woman’s coming out story, an intimate narrative that holds her first kiss, first love and feelings of exclusions. She navigates and explores both the negativity around the word ‘queer,’ and her struggle to identify within it.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/306121002
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Queer Kidz
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Roda Abdalle
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2019
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Sweden / 10:40 mins
A gang of friends has found a safe zone in a basement where the stressful reality of the outside world cannot reach them. When a Christmas party comes up, the friends gets an opportunity to show who they really want to be and they must decide together whether to participate or not. How can you dare to be yourself when the outside world does not accept it?
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Quite Easy
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Konstantin Schumann
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2019
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Germany / 12min
Max awakes from a nightmare, in which he had lunch with his family and a girl was holding his hand so strong, that he couldn't remove it.
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Rabbits
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Luca Metodo
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2019
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Italy / 20 mins
Giulio is a boy from the street and his cousin, shy and introverted. In the Neapolitan suburbs, both will grapple with their sexuality, maturity and the gray areas of adolescence.
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Radial Point
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Saron Ardern-Sodje
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2019
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USA / 2 mins
Despite their attraction to one another, two women struggle to make the first move. That is, until they are faced with a physical manifestation of their feelings for one another; a force of attraction that draws everything around in towards it.
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Radio City Lounge
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Rich Kane
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2019
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USA / 6 mins
Salt Lake City's Radio City Lounge was known as the oldest gay bar west of the Mississippi.
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Radio Romance
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Vladimir Mavounia-Kouka
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2019
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France / 4 mis
Un couple d’amoureux essaye de s’embrasser sans y parvenir, tout en parcourant un Beyrouth onirique et dystopique. Une métaphore d’une ville et d’un monde, où bien des amours restent interdits à cause de l’homophobie, de la xénophobie et de toutes formes de racisme.
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Rainbow Voices
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Jack O’Donnell
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2019
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New Zealand
This documentary showcases the influential people in New Zealand’s turbulent Rainbow history. From staring down thousands of protestors, to Parliament narrowly passing bills to give LGBT people fundamental rights; these are stories of those who fought for and won significant change. This film was made to coincide with the reopening of the ‘Rainbow Room’ at New Zealand Parliament. It seeks to influence, inspire and give courage to those facing similar battles around the world. Prior to the 1980s, the Rainbow community of Aotearoa New Zealand was severely oppressed. Our wider society condemned individuals for being their true selves. The future seemed bleak. The following decades saw a huge transformation thanks to the courageous voices within the Rainbow community. This film pays homage to, and tells the stories of, those unique individuals and politicians who fought for an inclusive society. Change is possible – all it takes is a voice.
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Re:Production
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Christian Gordine
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2019
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UK / 6 mins
RE:PRODUCTION is an exploration of the fetish known as ‘milking’. In short, this consists of the modification of 1950’s cow milking machines for the use of humans. Inspired by a Craigs List Casual Encounter ad, RE:PRODUCTION imagines a dystopia future in which male sexuality, increasingly desensitised and dehumanised, has been reduced to a necessary process more in common with a mass production ‘milking’ factory.
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Real
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Josephine Baltzersen
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2019
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Austria / 22 secs
How do lesbians have sex? Can they have “real” sex?
Watch… https://vimeo.com/325845491
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Reclaiming Pride
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Robert Menefee
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2019
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USA / 25 mins
On June 30, 2019, there were two NYC Gay Pride marches. The big old march had a large police presence, sidewalk barriers, and corporate sponsors. The new smaller march was more open, with fewer police, and with no “rainbow capitalism.” The smaller march followed the route of the first pride march of June 28, 1970 - from the Stonewall Inn to the Great Lawn of Central Park.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/384198394
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Reel Teens:
Blue Moon
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Doria Focareta, Violet Wright
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2019
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USA
Reel Teens Doria and Violet take to the Blue Moon Bar to learn about Drag. Cindy Crotchford, Bambi Deerest, and several other celebrated Pittsburgh queens tell their stories and invite us to learn more about their community.
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Reverse
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Panya Zhu
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2019
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Thailand / 10 mins
In this dreamlike and sensitive short, writer Aim is haunted by a past relationship. When she reunites with her estranged ex-lover, will she finally be able to move on?
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Ricecake
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Yuko Fedrau
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2019
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Canada / 8 mins
A short documentary about Shay Dior, a key player in Vancouver's queer asian community.
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Ritual
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Kieran Medina
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2019
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USA / 1 min
In a world that tells us we shouldn’t love ourselves, the rituals we create to become are an act of radical self love.
Watch… https://youtu.be/Hv5hkfBTgZo
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Roan
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Thùy Trang Nguyễn
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2019
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Germany / 12 mins
The tender relationship unfolds between an elderly Vietnamese grandmother and her granddaughter, who was born and brought up in Germany. While they spend a day together at grandmothers apartment in Berlin-Reinickendorf, they begin to share small discoveries of everyday life and larger, existential questions.
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Roberta Cowell’s Story
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Melissa Joan Clifford
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2019
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UK / 1:10 min
A short detailing the life and achievements of one of the most prolific British Trans Women of the 20th century.
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Romy et Laure… Et Le Secret De L'homme Meuble
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Laure Giappiconi,
Romy Alizée
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2019
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France / 6 mins
Between parties with their gang of super girlfriends, occasional Boy-Gifts and Amazonian explorations, life passes quietly for Laure and Romy … But one evening…
Entre parties fines avec leur gang de super copines, Garçons-Cadeaux occasionnels et explorations amazoniennes, la vie s’écoule tranquillement pour Laure et Romy… Mais un soir…
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Roses
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Joao Queiroga
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2019
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USA / 2 mins
In “Roses” director João Queiroga merges performance and documentary media to poetically tell the story of his first sexual experience as a young teenager in performative documentary film.
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Run!
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Malic Amalya
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2019
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USA / 13 mins
RUN! is a mythography of nuclear technology, pesticides, and the question of transgender individuals fighting in the United State’s military. Filmed at the Trinity Site where the first atomic bomb was detonated, along the edges of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, at the abandoned Black Hole Museum of Nuclear Waste.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/257884898
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Sadulous
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Alejandro Morales
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2019
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USA / 30 mins
Alejandro hasn't left his apartment in weeks, but the outside world keeps paying him visits. A repairman, a drug dealer, an overzealous personal trainer, a Grindr hookup, a friendly neighbor, a delivery guy, a hotline operator, and a couple of concerned friends join Alejandro in his shambolic apartment to help him live his best worst life.
Trailer... here
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Safehouse II
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Ariella Tai
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2019
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Canada / 12 mins
safehouse ii uses video, sound and text to consider blackness, social (dis)order, refusal and the compulsions to labor as they exist in relationship to care work.
Watch... here
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Sal + Vinny
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Lucia Plaza
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2019
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USA / 10 mins
Two mobsters are punished by a ruthless boss.
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Say It Out Loud /
Dillo ad alta voce
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Zaccaria Ofelia Zanin
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2019
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Italy / 9 mins
Francesco finds the courage to face the truth about himself.
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Secreto
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Andrea Vera
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2019
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Peru / 6 mins
Un adolescente escolar cae en el chantaje para no que revelen sus preferencias. Un llamado de atención sobre lo terrible del bullying.
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Secrets of Seenagers
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Abhigyan Mukherjeemin
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2019
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India / 44 mins
A documentary that commemorates the life of senior gay men in India.
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Section Féminine
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Estelle Carbonneau
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2019
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France / 14:16 mins
Rencontre avec l’équipe de football féminin du FC Paris Arc-En-Ciel où les points de vue sur la féminité, la construction des identités et le regard des autres s’échangent au fil des entraînements et des compétitions.
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Self Portrait
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Faun Harjo
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2019
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USA / 3 mins
"Struggling with gender identity, sexual orientation, and cultural identity has been a normal aspect of my life. Being pulled in and out of native culture and feeling like my queerness was unwelcome by my people, I separated myself for years. Now I explore my relationship with my culture by decolonizing myself and others by sharing my identity openly and honestly."
Watch… https://youtu.be/tEhO8lDeEKI
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Self Worship
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Asia Brown
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2019
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6 mins
A boldly feminist and genuinely provocative exploration of one sexual trauma survivor’s journey back to their body through the universal language of dance.
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Sex l'air de rien
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Les PéPé.e.s
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2019
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Belgium / 11 mins
Oh, mornings, and always feeling so horny... But how to have sex in peace, in a shared common room. Well... no big deal, the same way we have breakfast.
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Sex Shop
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Isabel Casanova
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2019
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Spain
Natalia enters a sex shop ready to rent a movie to surprise her partner. Suddenly a girl enters for whom Natalia feels a strong attraction and can no longer get out of her head.
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Shattered
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Salty Cheri
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2019
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USA / 5 mins
How many queers do you need to change a light bulb?
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Shine On
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Francisco Coronil
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2019
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Chile / 7 mins
Sofia, a girl evades her complex family reality in social networks.
Together with “La Jisus” her favorite influencer will be transported to a musical world full of glitter and glamour
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Siblings in Transition
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Penn Zacharias, Alex Zacharias
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2019
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Canada / 6 mins
A brief documentary about siblings Penn and Alex Zacharias, who spend a day together and describe their shared journey of coming out as transgender.
Watch… here
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Side Hustle
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Jennifer Zahlit
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2019
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USA / 15 mins
Sexual tensions rise between two female ex-coworkers at the funeral of their restaurant manager.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/412913705
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Silly Puppy
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Damian Brinley
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2019
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Australia / 4 mins
The Silly Puppy has a hangover and tries to distract himself with drugs and porn. When that wears off Puppy puts on his mask and skates into the heart of the city. A chance encounter enables him to see he is not the only puppy in town. A short film by Australian director Damian Brinley, Silly Puppy playfully explores how sometimes all it takes is a split-second of connection with one of our own kind to remind us we are not alone.
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Singing for Our True Heart
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Helena Cohen-Robertson,
Poppy van Oorde-Grainger
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2019
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Australia / 10 mins
Behind the Gay and Lesbian Singers of WA are heartfelt stories of personal struggle and triumph that have connected together through singing.
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Sissy Fatigue
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Oscar Oldershaw
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2019
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UK / 6 mins
A dance film that takes a trip from fetishised femininity to feared creature of transgression.
Watch… https://youtu.be/jLK3APoDmB0
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Soba-chan's Morning
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Sergey Vlasov
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2019
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Japan / 5 mins
It was supposed to be a usual morning of a Tokyo married couple...
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Solarity
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Marianne Verrone
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2019
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USA / 8 mins
A lesbian couple in a long-distance relationship ponder ideas of proximity, perception, and intimacy in this cosmic reverie.
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Something About Me /
Algo Tenía
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Belen Mentasti
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2019
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Argentina / 13 mins
Nighttime unravels the innermost thoughts, feelings and memories of this seemingly secure couple. Does the pillow talk disguise a deeper conflict?
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Something else
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Élodie Roy
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2019
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Canada / 3:56 mins
An exhausted young woman is confronted with social constructs that fail to include or represent her.
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Somewhere in Outer Space this Might Be Happening Somehow
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Paulo Malafaya
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2019
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Portugal / 17 mins
"A visual poem where I document and reflect upon the last year and a half of my life, selecting and organizing videos that I've been shooting with my handheld camera since then. An ode to myself and to my surroundings, influenced by Jonas Mekas' diaristic films and the introspective and intimate character of Lukas Moodysson's Container film monologue".
Watch... here
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Sorry
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Max Yu
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2019
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China / 13 mins
Li Peiyan is forced to walk in her trans daughter Dou Xun’s footsteps to piece together the identity of Dou Xun and confronts what role she may have played in her only child’s sudden disappearance.
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Soy ese imaginario chico
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Valentino Bruno
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2019
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Spain / 14 mins
A documentary that invites you to delve into the thoughts that Bruno goes through as he questions and experiences his gender.
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Spellbound
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Ulrike Kaffei
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2019
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Germany / 9 mins
A short film exploring the emotional landscape of a shibari session.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/360990050
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Square One
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Emily Jo Sargent
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2019
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UK / 12 mins
A semi-autobiographical film about the writer/director’s experiences of being in a closeted relationship.
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Statu(e)s
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Charlie G Fennel,
Raul Paco Mateo
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2019
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Spain, Italy / 6:41 mins
A four-part story where a non-binary person, who presents as a compound of soft-boy, fag, femme, representations, goes through a four stages of trans awareness. \n CHAPTER 1- Marbel index: Barcelona, Montjuic cruising area, this person aka Fennel the faggy vegetable, seeks sexual encounters on Grinder, but besides fucking they wants to destroy the patriarchy and feels the difficulty in navigating “cis-masc-gayness” in a socialized female body. \n CHAPTER 2 - Inter-Lube: They finds queer consolation in the arms of the Statues they meets as they walks around the mountain (hence Stau(e)s, a union between "status" on dating socials and the Statues) \n CHAPTER 3 - Whats(o)up: Experiences dissident BDSM pleasures with other plants and veggies. The title mocks the most common expression of greeting in dating by mixing it with a hypothetical orgy of vegetables: a soup. \n CHAPTER 4 - Ma(s)c 4 Ma(s)c: They goes back to "war" using extra make-up like military camouflage, masculinizing their features while mocking the stereotypes of certain unconscious masculinities using the masc for masc rhetoric of gay chats mixed with the logo of a famous make-up brand for the title.
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STD
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Hani Assaf
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2019
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Norway / 16 mins
How much drama do you get when Sifa Syphilis, Sida HIV and Norrea Gonorrhea are stuck in the same prison cell sharing stories by playing Truth or Dare?
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Stereotypy /
Estereotipia
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Inés Espinosa
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2019
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Spain / 15 mins
Animals are in captivity - as a result of a human choice. A paranoid choreography shows an apparently invisible, but ultimately clearly recognizable behavior pattern and questions the deprivation of freedom.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/0ZPrXKqAKOY
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Still Drifting
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Lisa E. Williams
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2019
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6 mins
Can a couple come together after all they have been through?
Watch… https://youtu.be/J7GcYaS2_RE
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Stinkhorn
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Hilary Harp,
Suzie Silver
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2019
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USA / 13 mins
This psychedelic and perverse part-animated Western descends into magical pony play. Rural queer imagination unleashed.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/363649707
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Stonewall Forever
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Ro Haber
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2019
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USA / 21 mins
Fifty years after Stonewall, filmmaker Ro Haber gathers perspectives from across the queer spectrum — including those whose stories are traditionally left untold — on the legacy of that watershed event in LGBTQ history.
Watch… https://youtu.be/l1mZNNDri1I
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Stonewall with a T
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Samy Nemir Olivares
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2019
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USA / 80 mins
A unique historical overview of the Trans community through politics, community building, activism and citizen journalism. This film follows grassroots community leaders who have continued the legacy of pioneers like Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson; as well as many other fearless trans activists.
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Straight-ish
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Nicholas Horne
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2019
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USA / 8 mins
Lee is a young girl who has a strained relationship with her father. Fortunately, she gets along with her older brother, Kendrick. Some time has passed since the two have seen each other. One day, Lee encounters an issue and needs Kendrick. The two have always been too stubborn for their own good, yet they have always been truthful to one another. This might give Lee the extra push to accomplish her goals, including accepting her sexuality.
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Stranger /
Obcy człowiek
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Mario Podpora
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2019
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Poland / 20 mins
Marcin is a professional soldier who is offered to participate in a mission in Kosovo. His partner Kamil doesn’t agree with the departure, though, so he puts his partner in a position where he has to choose between the love of his life and a career opportunity. And the whole situation gets even more complicated when Marcin’s mother gets involved and makes any decision completely impossible.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/-KFDBqZJCZQ
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Strong Wounds
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Catherine Crouch
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2019
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USA
Mohican Hymns from the Moravian Archives.
Trailer... here
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Such a Good Friend
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Carmina
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2019
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France / 10 mins
When Carmina admits that she rarely receives oral sex, Kali decides to help her out!
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Such Farewells
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Takaaki Watanabe
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2019
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Japan / 14 mins
Luka and her girlfriend Nagi were parting ways when Luka’s brother visits with sad news. For Luka, there was more than one goodbye that day.
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Sueños
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Jazmin Ontiveros Harvey
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2019
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USA / 2 mins
25 words: A woman dreams of an earthquake moments before it hits, saving her life.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/354781212
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Sunset in Cloudy Days /
Pôr do Sol em Dias Nublados
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Eduardo Martins
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2019
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Brazil / 19 mins
Leonardo discovers that “love” is in relation to Felipe, a young man older than him.
Watch… https://youtu.be/DGlx2Dx5xTE
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Sunset Park, Warehouse
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Dazhi Huang
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2019
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USA / 9 mins
Miguel, a community college student, encounters his ex-lover Boris, a Russian warehouse truck driver, at an industrial area in Sunset Park, Brooklyn through Grindr. After hesitations, they reconnect.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/382247128
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Sunshine in the Ruins
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Chou Yu Cheng
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2019
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Taiwan / 12 mins
In the afternoon, Zih Sin and Sheng Ya are not interested in the explanation about hundred-year village, so they ignore their tour guide to wandering around here. It’s surprising that everything is fantastic in the ruins for them. Therefore, they decided to leave the group and make an unmanned explorations in this village by themselves...
Watch… https://vimeo.com/641015723
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Surex
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Sandrine Maltais
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2019
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Canada / 12 mins
The serendipitous reunion of Arianne, Sophia and Émile at a photo exhibition quickly turns into a celebration. However, Arianne finds herself caught in a power play of unspoken tension with her old friends.
Watch... https://vimeo.com/344474444
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Swipe
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Jeff Schick
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2019
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USA / 8 mins
A dark comedic foray into science fiction, this genre bender of a film follows Cheryl, a newly single bachelorette as she navigates digital dating and attempts to find love in the not-so-distant future.
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Tacos y Tacones
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Matthew Benjamin Ramos
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2019
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USA / 8 mins
Follow Alexis and her friends Iris and Chavela, sex workers in their 40s and 50s, each with unique perspectives about their life and dreams.
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Tales of a Pretty Black Ass
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Juicebox Burton / Oppressed Juice
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2019
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USA / 8 mins
One Black Twink exams the ways they are seen; through the lenses of race, sex work and desire.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/331363744
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Tandem
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Vivian Altman
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2019
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Brazil / 11 mins
The intimacy of Hugo and Magda (a long standing couple) who are resigned to living out their fantasies independently of one another.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/367143743
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Tant que nos cœurs battent
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Jason Mégrelis
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2019
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France / 5 mins
L’histoire de deux jeunes femmes qui sont dans une quête sans fin de sensations fortes et de liberté, faisant soudain l’expérience de la mort. Mais tant que leur amour survit, même une étincelle peut les ramener à la vie.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/347507518
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Te Dire
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Laura Bustillos
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2019
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Mexico / 4 mins
A song dedicated to our culture, the ruins, and to nostalgia. Filmed in the old Cine Victoria where my mother used to watch films as a child.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/330335935
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Teri
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Lyn Chick
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2019
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Australia / 74 mins
The beginning of Teri, the journey of a visually impaired man to find himself.
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Tessellation - A Take on Intersectionality
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MK Veniegas
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2019
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USA / 3 mins
A genderfluid queer Pilipinx grafts complexity onto their lush life.
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Test Room
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Pedro Antunes
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2019
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Portugal / 4 mins
In the dark, the flash lights were brutally invasive while trying to film the bodies through the camera.
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Thanks but no, thanks /
Merci mais non merci
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Alessandra Beltrame
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2019
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France / 12 mins
Nicole, a 27-year-old girl, cracks her life open to ponder over life, identity and responsibility.
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The Awakening /
El Despertar
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Juan Pablo Gélvez Bustamante
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2019
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Colombia / 28 mins
His education prevents him from accepting himself and now he will have to decide if what he feels sexually is something real.
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The Awakening /
Przebudzenie
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Wojciech Olchowski
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2019
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Poland / 16 mins
Adam and Paweł’s relationship is dramatically changing, which is causing questions about LGBT community acquiring legal rights for custody in Poland. This movie is a part of “Right to family life”, a social awareness campaign.
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The Calamus Emotion
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Stiofan O’Ceallaigh
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2019
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UK / 9 mins
Incantations, time travel and Walt Whitman in a visually arresting experimental work.
Watch… https://youtu.be/wQhSE2Mc1ZU
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The Closet
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Joshua Malisos
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2019
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USA
A depressed, closeted gay teenager is trapped inside a dark closet and has to find the strength and courage in order to get out.
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The Color of the Stars /
Die farbe der sterne
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Paul Uhlig
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2019
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Germany / 14 mins
Four little aliens are confronted with the invasion of a robot army, trying to steal a the color in the universe. They narrowly escape the attack on their home planet, but the real adventure hasn't even begun.
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The Dance of the Insecure Narcissus /
A Dança do Narciso Inseguro
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Ana Matos
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2019
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Portugal / 8 mins
A lonely young woman is faced with a television advertisement that takes her into a surreal world in which she undergoes a series of physical and psychological changes in an attempt to find the love of the "other". Throughout this process, she finds the love she seeks so much within herself.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/512068530
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The Day I Started to Die Every Night /
El Día Que Comencé a Morir Cada Noche
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Gustavo Márquez Tapia,
Gabriel Olvera Ramos
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2019
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Mexico / 10 mins
This is the story of a theater, banner of the struggle of a subculture of the LGBT community and why it is currently closed.
Watch... https://vimeo.com/448982619
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The Door She Opened
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Richard O’Connor
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2019
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USA / 3 mins
In 2018, at the age of 63, Dee Westenhauser came out as a transgender woman. But growing up in El Paso, Texas in the 1950s she remembers having a hard time fitting in. One weekend, her parents decided to take her to her aunt Yaya’s house. Aunt Yaya saw a kindred spirit in Dee, and gave her an opportunity that no one else would: a safe, loving space to be herself.
Watch… here
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The First Day of Summer
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Dor Y. Levy,
Oron Golan
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2019
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Israel / 8 mins
It’s the first day of the summer holidays and Yotam, a teenager, is left in a large, imposing villa all on his own; until a surprise run-in with a prowler – his classmate – changes things.
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The Flesh’s Hunger /
A Fome Da Carne
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Marcello D’Avilla
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2019
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Brazil / 5 mins
What is your flesh hungry for? Short video celebrating the power of the bodies.
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The F-Word
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Chang-Min Jonathan Hyon
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2019
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USA / 6 mins
Jaime is a non-binary grad student starting their first day of school. They are expecting the worst from homophobia and transphobia but learn how good intentions can still isolate a person. This is a story about how looking solely at identity can be affirming and distancing at the same time.
Watch… https://youtu.be/zc2n9DZIG7s
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The Garden Collective
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Sara Wylie
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2019
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Canada / 22 mins
The Garden Collective follows the formerly incarcerated women of the Prison for Women Memorial Collective as they work to build a memorial garden on the grounds of the former prison in Kingston, Ontario.
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The Hook Up
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Michael V. Smith
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2019
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Canada / 6 mins
An experimental documentary featuring four gay men from two different generations: two nearing age 70 and two 20-somethings. Striking close-up visuals create a powerful sense of intimacy and connection as the men discuss how hooking up has (and has not) evolved for gay men. Recommended for mature audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.
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The Hosts
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David Bonderoff
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2019
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USA / 18 mins
Jason gets way more than he bargained for when looking to rebound.
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The Ideal
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Georgianna Luttrell
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2019
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Canada / 9 mins
Through the world of Phoenix Grey, we explore traditional concepts of masculinity and the relating stereotypes that exist within the LGBTQ community and how social media is used to present a certain type of 'ideal'.
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The I-Land
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Fabrice Coppin
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2019
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France / 39 mins
More than coming out of the closet, this is the testimony of a desire that springs from the intimate”.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/323280904
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The Imaginary Woman /
La Mujer Imaginaria
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Laura Tatiana Benavides
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2019
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Colombia, Estonia / 12 mins
The witchy, earth goddess, dyke, lesbian quest into womanhood animated through poems, questions and songs of rejection, rupture, reflection and love.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/330856342
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The Keys to My House /
Les Clefs de Chez Moi
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Ella Martin-Gachot,
Ray Van Huizen
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2019
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USA / 25:30 mins
The LGBTQ community in Paris to understand perceptions of home as well as how the community fits into the weave of public life.
Watch… https://youtu.be/UQbWWzsjxiQ
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The Liberation Man
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Scott Dance
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2019
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UK / 6 mins
Scott Dance’s latest documentary on a sensitive issue reveals what it is like to be a Queer Muslim in 2019 in a heartfelt and fascinating interview with the LGBT activist and Gay Muslim, Khakan Qureshi. How has he used his differences strategically to help queer South Asians like him?
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The Lying Truths
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Matthew Oliver van Diepen
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2019
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Canada
A young child finds themself at a mysterious desert oasis and must confront a monster to find freedom.
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The Nap /
La sieste
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Mickaël Gloro
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2019
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Belgium / 14 mins
As a young man sleeps during a hot afternoon, a world drives around him.
Trailer... https://vimeo.com/429321235
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The Note
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Tiril Myhre Skår
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2019
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Norway / 11 mins
Lea and Elise are best friends, even though they seem to be from completely different worlds. One day, Tommy, a boy from school, comes up to Lea during soccer practice with a note for Lea to give Elise. He asks her if she can ask Elise to be his girlfriend. Lea says yes to help him out, but quickly realize her own emotions will interfere with the situation.
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The Old Man and the Bucket
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Tomasz E. Rudzik
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2019
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Poland / 13 mins
Encounter between an old man and a queer cafe owner.
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The Only LGBTQ+ and Women's Safe Space In Beirut
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Tania Safi
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2019
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Australia, Lebanon / 6 mins
Out queer Lebanese woman, Dayna Ash, became tired of not being able to hold her own partner's hand in the country she loves. That's why she created the volunteer-run Haven For Artists; a space in the heart of bustling Beirut that persecuted and marginalised groups can come to, where trans individuals can find work, and where people can create art and advocate for a better, more inclusive Lebanon.
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The Pizza Topping
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Ethan Folk,
Ty Wardwell
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2019
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Germany / 4 mins
Horny Pizza orders up a Hungry Boy.
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The Procedure
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Ed Andrade
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2019
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Brazil / 7 mins
Norman, a normative straight man, is building his courage to visit a post-cosmetic clinic, ran by Azagatcha collective. The procedure he's undergoing may change his life.
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The Reverence
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Four Chambres
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2019
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USA / 15 mins
This orgy is an act of ritual celebration that intertwines smoke, sweat and bodies.
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The Ritual of the Sex Magick Warriors
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Maximilian Suillerot
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2019
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Canada / 14 mins
The Sex Magick Warriors risk it all to carry out a ritual that exposes the hardships of this army of lovers and reveals their sensual strategy for self-preservation.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/350032232
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The Secret Gardener
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Lorena Russi
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2019
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USA / 3 mins
A garden party goes off the rails when ladies who brunch devolve into ladies who munch.
Watch… https://youtu.be/HB4y5z3C3Vc
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The Stories We Tell Ourselves
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Belle Krupcheck
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2019
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USA, 17 min.
The Stories We Tell Ourselves is a 16mm experimental film exploring self harm, coming out, and private pain.
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The Stroker
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Pilvi Takala
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2019
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Finland / 15 mins
The Stroker is based on Takala’s two week-long intervention at Second Home, a trendy East London coworking space for young entrepreneurs and startups. During the intervention Takala posed as a wellness consultant named Nina Nieminen, the founder of cutting-edge company Personnel Touch who were allegedly employed by Second Home to provide touching services in the workplace.
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The Tide /
La Marea
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Gisella Barthé
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2019
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Perú / 8 mins
Una mujer que imagina, que distorsiona su propio universo, sensaciones, sonidos, colores. Una santa que confiesa su amor.
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The True Identity of Silkworms /
La verdadera identidad de los gusanos de seda
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Javier Del Álamo
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2019
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Cuba / 3 mins
"The true identity of silkworms" deals with the discovery of Sara's gender identity through curiosity and approach to places not intended for her sex and in a context that does not allow the correct development of a gender identity own. The film questions the naturalized exclusion and discriminatory behaviors that society reproduces.
Watch… https://youtu.be/zMapJ6XJdAY
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The Visible
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Atikah Zainidi
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2019
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Brunei / 3:42 mins
A short documentary exploring what it is like to be a girl in Brunei.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/328211467
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The War inside Her /
La guerre en elle
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Yara Atz
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2019
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Switzerland / 15 mins
Can she forget? How can she go on living when the present keeps reminding her of the traumas of the past? Nour meets Alice on the lakeshore in Switzerland, but it is Syria that keeps haunting her, Syria she cannot get rid of.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/OWjiy1tAh5A
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There is a Wolf in the Park of the King /
C'è un Lupo nel Parco del re
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Virginia Nardelli
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2019
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Italy / 53 mins
It is said that a wolf roams in the Park of La Favorita in Palermo.
No one has ever really seen it. Yet people swear they heard it howling at night. Is it a fantasy? Is it an expression of superstitions and tales? Many stray dogs live in the park. Two sisters take care of them every day. Among the thick branches and crowns, certain people hand secrets out, kids play hide-and-seek, runners pass by and some prostitutes wait for sporadic clients in the sunlight.
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They / Them / Their *
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Rudy Seddon-Wilson
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2019
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UK / 2 mins
Zoe explores drag’s empowering effects through their alter-ego Cyanide Homicide and reveals the vulnerability beneath the performance.
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This is a Teenage Love Letter
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Tessa Hill
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2019
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Canada / 7 min
A young woman writes a letter to her past, to love, and to what the future might hold.
Watch… https://youtu.be/t70hkiNFlYs
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This is for Us
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Shanel Edwards
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2019
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USA / 7 mins
A choreographed visual film of resilience that centers Black Queer Femme radical joy and intimacy in between friend groups. cultivated magic between healing through tea, glitter, whiskey and a good belly laugh. Black Queer Femme’s have always known how to thrive despite ANY attempts to kill us. Lucille Clifton says: “Come celebrate with me that everyday/something has tried to kill me/and has failed.”
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This Love is on Fire
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Cassils
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2019
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USA / 4 mins
This Love Is On Fire was directed by Cassils and features Mistress Sheree Rose. The video portrays an intergenerational power exchange steeped in female sexuality, featuring sex workers across age spectrums. With abject encounters that sizzle and smolder, This Love is on Fire traces the matriarchal lineage of female dominance in a political moment charged with suppression of women’s rights.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/344659228
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Three (or More) Ecologies: A Feminist Articulation of Eco-Intersectionality. Pt1
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Angela Anderson
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2019
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37 mins
The first chapter of this ongoing audio-visual research project emphasizes the urgent necessity of redefining value in the face of economic models that are driving the current climate crisis and the ongoing disruption/destruction of ecosystems, with blatant disregard for the embodied knowledge these ecosystems cultivate and nourish.
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Tiefe Kümmernis
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Shyam L. Jones
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2019
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Austria / 5 mins
Ben (Alter Ego, Tiefe Kümmernis) is a drag queen and art historian who puts extravagant fashion and queer history in the spotlight on her tours of the renowned Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
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Till death do us a party
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Shirmaine Ong
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2019
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UK / 7 mins
After coming to the conclusion that their friend’s funeral didn’t live up to who she was, Ethel and Margaret decided that they’d very much like to be in-charge of how they go.
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Time is of the Essence
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Emma Lee
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2019
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5 mins
Queer Asian friends wander through time and healing.
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To My Son @ 21
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Pete C OKeefe
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2019
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USA / 4 mins
A father gathers old photographs and reflects on his son's 21 year journey into adulthood.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/280804577
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To You From Me
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O. Chang 常
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2019
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9 mins
A film about two young trans men fighting for and believing in who they are, daring to take the step away from written words to the outside, to breathe in the fresh air and live.
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Touching an Elephant
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Lara Milena Brose
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2019
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Germany / 15 mins
The parable “The Blind Men and the Elephant” serves Ritah, a twenty-year-old lesbian refugee, as a metaphor for the absurdity of the German migration system.
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Trans Monogamist
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Russell Sheaffer, Joshua Byron
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2019
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USA / Ep. 1- 7 min, Ep. 2 - 6 mins
A Sex and the City–inspired, Gilmore Girls–loving, DIY-embracing series that riffs on the creators’ real-life adventures and conversations and inserts nonbinary characters into a the rom-com genre from which they have been historically excluded.
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Transit
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Stella Asmon
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2019
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USA / 5 mins
Corey’s first night out having fun ends up in a shady gyno run.
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Translating Beauty
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Anita Ayres, Elizabeth Trojian
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2019
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Canada / 45 mins
The millennial generation has given rise to new voices and brought visibility to the transgender community – a part of society with a unique relationship to beauty. Translating Beauty explores beauty as a concept but through the lens of trans women and how their unique connection to it is working to redefine beauty standards for all women.
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Tranversales
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Rafaella Gneco, Jorge Garrido
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2019
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Spain / 12 mins
TRANSVERSALES es la continuación del premiado cortometraje DIVERSXS, en el que diferentes jóvenes hablaban al mundo de sus realidades, visibilizando sus diversidades y conviviendo con ellas como pilar más fundamental y visible. Jóvenes LGTBIQ, con VIH, migrantes, en definitiva, jóvenes diversos que utilizan el lenguaje de esa diversidad para construir entendimiento, resiliencia y empatía.
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Tras / Trans
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Medb Johnstone
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2019
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Ireland / 95 mins
Max and Victoria are boyfriend and girlfriend. They met in the Gaeltacht, and have been seeing each other for a few years. Victoria studies film and Max studies biotechnology. They also happen to both be trans.
Tras is a radical little documentary for a few reasons, not least that it’s in the Irish language. But its power is in the quiet strength of the protagonists. As Max and Victoria grow up as their true selves, we watch the people around them adapt.
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Traviatas
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Alejandro Villalobos
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2019
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Mexico / 15 mins
Traviatas visibiliza y celebra a la Comunidad Trans, rompiendo los estereotipos preestablecidos, sensibilizando a la sociedad a través del cine.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/373039713
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Trinidad Maldita
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Sac Medina
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2019
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Mexico / 3 mins
Miguel and Enrique, a gay couple become addicted to drug use without measuring the consequences.
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Trunk /
Chacon
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Ben Chapman, Adrian Jordan Chacon
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2019
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Spain / 2 mins
What's hiding in these swimming trunks?
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Truth and fact
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Eunseon Han
한은선
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2019
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Korea / 15 mins
So-eun, a witness to a traffic accident in Juha, is investigated at the school. So-eun only shuts her mouth to a detective asking what happened that night. That night So-eun accidentally comes to the truth of the case...
Trailer… https://youtu.be/c9CdSjW6-hA
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Twisted Machine
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Carolyn Wu
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2019
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Canada
A Chinese-Canadian lesbian teenager captains her hockey team against the will of her mother, while dating her powerhouse jock of a teammate in secrecy.
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Two Starboard, I vomit /
À tribord, je vomis /
يميي البييی
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Tarek Sardi
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2019
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Tunisia / 6 mins
Three people reveal their deepest secrets, somewhere between deception and unspoken truths.
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Ukulele Girl
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Nicole De Meneses
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2019
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USA / 6 mins
After passionately warbling in the park, all bets are off when haters mess with her dog.
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Ultraslut
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Helena Lea Manhartsberger, Katharina Neuhaus
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2019
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Germany / 15 mins
Introducing Lia: a transgender, sexually radical activist who struggles with depression and likes BDSM. Lia’s gender is a political issue, something she is faced with every day. The traumatic experiences of her life gnaw at her – at the same time, she dares to fight her pain with pain.
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Un Dia Sin Ti
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Oscar Arce
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2019
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Mexico / 4 mins
On this day, Tomás must face the fact of leaving his relationship, but how?
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Un Edén para Lady Helena
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Carina López
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2019
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Ecuador / 5 mins
A young man’s unrequited love for his best friend, with stunning imagery.
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Una Misma
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Farah Villafan
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2019
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Mexico / 8 mins
Sofia and Alicia discuss their future as a couple, but are there too many obstacles in their way?
Watch… https://vimeo.com/350209713
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Unbecoming
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Navid Mashayeki
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2019
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Canada / 19 mins
We all try to be something, to become someone. Unbecoming follows Logan’s journey as he fights to “unbecome” everything he’s been until now, that wasn’t really him in the first place.
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Unbecoming Boy:
After Taylor Swift
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JJ Chan
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2019
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UK / 7 mins
Watch... here
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Unexpected
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Daniele Guerra
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2019
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UK / 2 mins
A chance encounter between two young men leads to a chase - and an unexpected result.
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Unfold
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Daniel Antebi
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2019
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USA / 4 mins
Through glimpses from the past, we watch as the relationship between a young female dancer and her ex develops and ends. Sparked by a chance encounter on the street and spilled out on the dance floor, this visceral, organic, rigorously corporeal piece paints an entire history through movement. In its simplicity, the film asks us: What makes a relationship? Why do they end? What do you remember most? This is a lovely piece about opening up and letting go.
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Unhinged
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Stephanie Leschek
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2019
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USA / 5 mins
During their game night, a couple fights about not fighting in front of their friends.
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Unmask
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Rainbow Riots, Petter Wallenberg
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2019
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Uganda / 5 mins
"Unmask", composed and produced by Petter Wallenberg featuring spoken word poetry by Ugandan poet Duncan Free Speech. The video is directed by Wallenberg and filmed in Uganda, where it's illegal to be gay. This is the last single release from the album ”Rainbow Riots”, written and produced by Petter Wallenberg, featuring queer voices from some of the world’s most dangerous places for LGBT people. It is out on iTunes, Spotify and all major digital platforms.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/353460483
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UnUnited
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Movoly
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2019
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USA / 67 mins
UnUnited follows the fight for LGBTQ inclusion in the United Methodist Church. Although this major United States denomination has struggled with its policy for years, its worldwide congregation seems no closer to changing its doctrine of non-inclusion despite the fact that many of its American and European churches are welcoming of LGBTQ+ people.
Watch… https://youtu.be/kQjlyV-99_0
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Večernij sjurpriz
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Elvira Shesternenko
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2019
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Russia / 55 secs
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Venus vendrá
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Ángel Molina
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2019
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Cuba, Paraguay / 10 mins
Gabriel (29), receives a prediction that announces the end and grants him one last wish. Scared, Gabriel runs home to try to save his most precious asset: a VHS with the memory of his first love. Upon arrival, Gabriel is seduced by his past and is transported to a place without time.
Trailer... https://vimeo.com/678129704
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Vincy
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Hugo Kenzo
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2019
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Hong Kong / 7 mins
Music. Love. Queerness. Asian identity. The meaning of those terms in the words of non-binary singer-songwriter Vincy.
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Virtual Guard /
La guardia virtual
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Daniela Aguinsky
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2019
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Argentina / 15 mins
Girl meets girl ... through a security camera. Can Miriam leave the totem and realize her fantasy? Or will she let the unscrupulous Karen stay with Brendas love?
Trailer… https://youtu.be/RpUc7AAyPVs
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Vivian & Valerie
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Patrick Broderick, Jordan Service
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2019
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USA / 4 mins
Official music video for "Vivian & Valerie" by Gabe Lopez. The video features our two leading queens getting into drag for a night out on the town. Gabe Lopez is a singer/songwriter and producer and has written/produced for Belinda Carlisle, RuPaul's Drag Race, New Kids On The Block, TWICE, KPOP artists and TV/film.
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Vivir
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Rex Córdova
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2019
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Mexico, Canada / 20 mins
Watch… https://vimeo.com/366527639
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Wakiloo
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Medienprojekt Wuppertal
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2019
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Germany / 8 mins
Watch… https://vimeo.com/321435110
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Wal-acks: Coming Out as 2-Spirit
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Dustin McGladrey
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2019
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Canada / 5 mins
Wal-aks Keane Tait, who leads Nisga’a cultural dance groups, talks with Dustin McGladrey about his devotion to his culture, making things work, the piercings that honour his 2-spiritness and his identity as a 2-spirit Nisga'a person. McGladrey also directs the short video.
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Walk With Me
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Jennifer Meier, Valerie Scheidegger, Arnold Wagner
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2019
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Switzerland / 7 mins
The owner of the diner "Bonnie's Diner" makes a new acquaintance with Darcy. As the two of them get to know each other better, Death makes its rounds and crosses out the names of the souls he has collected.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/346843112
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Walking a Fine Line
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Meti Oker
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2019
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Switzerland / 4 mins
Walking a Fine Line is the celebration of one person’s sexploratory journey.
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Waltz Me Trust Me
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Marie Losier
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2019
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France, USA / 5 mins
Still shot. German composer Felix Kubin, wearing a blue suit and a red shirt, plays the piano without piano. A halo of mystery surrounds the origin of the music he plays: enchantment, magic or trick? This remains a puzzle. The only thing we know for sure is Kubin’s great agility. A medium shot shows him tapping his fingers with dexterity, in a reminiscent manner of famous Jerry Lewis’s typewriter scene. Through this short whose aesthetics reminds of Georege Meliès’ films, Marie Losier addresses the power of music in a philosophical and playful way, while paying tribute to special effects from the silent era. Kubin will be the protagonist of Marie Losier’s next feature, which is currently being edited.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/314060554
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We are all drag queens
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Sylvie Dreyfus
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2019
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Puerto Rico / 15 mins
This documentary seeks to demystify the idea of transformism. Marcos Garay's artistic diversity, and each of the roles he plays on a daily basis, serves to link the close relationship between what the artist does on stage and what we all do on a daily basis outside of it. Between performances and professional opinions, the actor takes us on a revealing journey through which we understand that, after all, we are all drag queens.
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We are Not a Single Species
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Paul Hurley,
Paul Samuel White
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2019
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UK
How might we queer the processes of urban regeneration? How might we consult with nonhuman as well as human communities? Artist Paul Hurley recorded a number of walks with humans, cats, dogs, plants, Siri and the weather, as part of a residency at University of Bristol's Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus. This intriguing and amusing film, produced with Paul Samuel White, sniffs around the city and its multispecies geographies, histories and futures.
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We Dig!
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Fox Fisher
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2019
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UK / 10 mins
Built from conversations with trans women and transfeminine people around the world, the play We Dig by Emma Frankland and Company centers around the actual excavation of a giant hole in the historic Ovalhouse Theatre—a literal representation of a queer community needing to bury itself for protection.
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What Makes an Artist Tick?
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Nancy Rosenblum
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2019
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Canada / 7 mins
Painter Rachel Yoder of British Columbia paints grids, lines and squares. But why?
Find out why a line is so much more than a line. It's what makes Rachel Tick.
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Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
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Eden Roman Ascher
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2019
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Israel / 11 mins
At her small neglected apartment, Miriam’s troubled sleep is interrupted by a phone call. On the other side of the line, her daughter Lior weeps. Miriam, at first aggressive and hesitant, is caving to Lior’s begging and goes to pick her up from southern Tel Aviv. She doesn’t know where the journey after her daughter will take her, nor what will she find at its end.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/517080732
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Where My Girls
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Mads Engel
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2019
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USA / 22 mins
A love letter to the every day work and artistic process of self-made rising talents, three queer women and their community reveal their aspirations and cultural work in New York’s underground hip hop scene.
Trailer… https://vimeo.com/492682799
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Whipping Boy
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Tiffany Scott-Maddox
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2019
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6 mins
Whipping Boy follows a day in the life of a 'house boy' whose life is dedicated to serving the powerful women who work in his dungeon, and the warm, sweet and intimate bonds that form between them.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/352460177
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Who is Mei Li Galván /
¿Quién es Mei Li Galván?
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Sofia Medrano
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2019
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Argentina / 12 mins
Mei Li spends her time between her house and the hair salon, in the neighborhood where she was born and lived all her life, Lomas de Zamora, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mei Li has created an authentic, solitary and enigmatic universe, mixing elements of old times, scents and cultures. She enjoys the simplicity of everyday life, imbued with oriental symbolism, surrounded by plants, wind chimes and animals, in the midst of a modern, chaotic and western world.
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Whole Again
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Emily Yarnall
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2019
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Poland
A brief look at Polish Transgender Rights and the fight for normalcy.
Trailer... https://vimeo.com/808856654
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Why Do I Feel like a Boy? /
Proč se cítím jako kluk?
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Kateřina Turečková
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2019
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Czech Republic / 27 mins
Ben is a 16-year-old trans man who does not intend to hide his identity under the pressure of society. This reality affects his whole family.
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Winged Miracle
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Zahra Mir Rzazadeh
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2019
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Azerbaijan / 7.35 mins
A daughter attempts to visit her convicted poet father in prison. She brings a series of drawings to give to him.
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Wishes
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Amy Jenkins
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2019
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USA / 5 mins
The secret yearnings of a child for an alternate identity are traced through a decade of birthday wishes filmed by their mother.
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With Love
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Logan Henderson
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2019
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4 mins
A Black Two-Spirit person thrusts their community beyond wildfire smoke.
Watch... here
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Woman on the Threshold
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Dan Steadman
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2019
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USA / 13 mins
In this short inspired by an old episode of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” Faye, haunted by the death of her beloved Dolores, considers taking her own life when she suddenly encounters the Grim Reaper.
Watch… https://youtu.be/BtLagu6yMn0
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Worth
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Sara Prinz
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2019
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2 mins
Watch a child grow up through choreographic scenes and metaphorical vignettes representing the journey towards self empowerment, all while drapped in NO SESSO clothing.
Trailer… https://youtu.be/Ro2Ztf5eVhU
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Wrath
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Gianna Gianna
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2019
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3 mins
Watch as Gianna Gianna brings monstrosity and vulnerability into collision.
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Wrestling Blues
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Yarli Allison
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2019
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UK, Hong Kong / 6 mins
In this blue wrestling ring, no one seems to be living in reality. Their minds enter a deeper consciousness which explores the sexual and suicidal propensities of the human mind.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/462660017
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Yehuda
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Tal Boniel
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2019
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Israel / 24 mins
Tal and Guy would like to have a child together. Tal revisits an old childhood memory in which he is leafing through family photo albums in search of any traces of his brother who had died at the age of three months. His quest for his brother forces Tal to confront his parents who are still struggling to come to terms with Tal’s family unit and his relationship with Guy.
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Yes?
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Lizzy Bailey
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2019
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Australia / 16 mins
This film follows a group of LGBTIQ+ friends in the months leading up to, during and after the 2017 Australian marriage equality vote.
Trailer... https://vimeo.com/535454957
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You Are a Letter, Written Not with Ink, but with the Spirit
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David Leal
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2019
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UK / 4 mins
Michelle, a trans woman who started transitioning later in her life, finds in faith the strength to welcome her true self.
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You were afraid
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Alberto Pérez
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2019
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Mexico / 4 mins
"You were afraid" is the story of discrimination and uncertainty of two women living with HIV who struggle to form an identity with dignity.
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You Were an Amazement on the Day You Were Born
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Emily Vey Duke, Cooper Battersby
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2019
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33 mins
You Were an Amazement on the Day You Were Born is a visually rich film that follows a woman through a life characterized by damage and loss, but in which she finds humor, love, and joy. With a score that follows the span of Lenore’s life, from her birth in the early 70s to her death in the 2040s, the film takes us from moments of harrowing loss to those of poignancy and dark humor. Her life is told through voice over, narrated by performers who range in age from nine to sixty-nine, and is beautifully illustrated with images of animals (including humans), insects and landscapes.
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Your Heart Breaks: “Our Forbidden Country”
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Wes Hurley, Vincent Pierce
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2019
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USA / 4 mins
The newest music video from Your Heart Breaks (Clyde Petersen, WE’VE BEEN AROUND, Translations 2016; TORREY PINES, TWIST 2016) travels back in time to the forbidden world of queer hookups then and now.
Watch… https://vimeo.com/309705977
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Zak Kostopoulos – A Positive Story
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Kyriakos Hatzimihailidis
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2019 |
Greece / 30 mins
The film is based on Zak's experience living with HIV, shared through an interview with the director.
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Zero As You Are
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TOKOI Miyuki
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2019
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Japan / 84 mins
An elementary student takes a red backpack to school one day simple believing it to be pretty, until she realised the colour was gender specific and coded as male, beginning a sense of disharmony. The protagonist of this documentary is diagnosed with gender dysphoria at age 14, and based this diagnosis she wins an appeal for her middle school to accept her as a male student by the name of Takamasa.
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